\id JOB
\h Job 
\toc3 JOB 
\toc2 Job 
\toc1 Job 
\mt1 Job  
\c 1
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\v 1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3477"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* land \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w* \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Job. \w And|strong="H8034"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H8034"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, fearing God \w and|strong="H8034"\w* shunning \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* owned 7,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, 3,000 \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, 500 \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, 500 female donkeys, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* number \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5657"\w*. Job \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w East|strong="H6924"\w*.   
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\v 4 Job’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H1980"\w* turns holding \w feasts|strong="H4960"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* sisters \w to|strong="H1980"\w* eat \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H5927"\w*, Job \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w purify|strong="H2398"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w rising|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* Job \w thought|strong="H3824"\w*, “\w Perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cursed|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*.” \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* Job’s regular \w practice|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 7 “Where \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w*?” \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*. “\w From|strong="H1980"\w* \w roaming|strong="H7751"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth,” \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H1980"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w considered|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* Job? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7760"\w* \w one|strong="H8535"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* shuns \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Does|strong="H3068"\w* Job \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w placed|strong="H6555"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hedge|strong="H7753"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* owns? \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H4735"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w increased|strong="H6555"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w stretch|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w strike|strong="H5060"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w surely|strong="H1288"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 12 “Very \w well|strong="H5973"\w*,” \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*. “\w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* must \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* Job’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* eating \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* brother’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* reported \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Job: “\w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* donkeys \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w grazing|strong="H7462"\w* nearby,   
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\v 15 \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Sabeans|strong="H7614"\w* swooped \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w alone|strong="H4422"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*!”   
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\v 16 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* \w came|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w*: “\w The|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w It|strong="H1696"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w consumed|strong="H1197"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w alone|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* \w came|strong="H7969"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w*: “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w formed|strong="H7760"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w bands|strong="H7218"\w*, \w raided|strong="H6584"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w alone|strong="H4422"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 18 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w another|strong="H2088"\w* messenger \w came|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* reported: “\w Your|strong="H5704"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* eating \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H8354"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* brother’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* swept \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* four \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w collapsed|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w people|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w alone|strong="H4422"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Job \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7167"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w shaved|strong="H1494"\w* \w his|strong="H7167"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. He \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* ground \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w*,   
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\v 21 saying: “\w Naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* mother’s womb, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w In|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* wrongdoing.   
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\v 1 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w himself|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 2 “\w Where|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w*?” \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*. “\w From|strong="H1980"\w* \w roaming|strong="H7751"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth,” \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w considered|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* Job? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7760"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* earth \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* shuns \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* retains \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w incited|strong="H5496"\w* \w Me|strong="H7760"\w* \w against|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7451"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w without|strong="H2600"\w* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.”   
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\v 4 “\w Skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*!” \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*. “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* owns \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w exchange|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w stretch|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w strike|strong="H5060"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 6 “Very well,” said \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*. “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w but|strong="H7854"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w spare|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* infected \w Job|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w boils|strong="H7822"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w crown|strong="H6936"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H6936"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H3427"\w* Job \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* piece \w of|strong="H3427"\w* broken pottery \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w scrape|strong="H1623"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ashes.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H4191"\w* Job’s wife said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w retain|strong="H2388"\w* \w your|strong="H2388"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*? \w Curse|strong="H1288"\w* God \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!”   
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\v 10 “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* woman \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. “\w Should|strong="H8193"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w accept|strong="H6901"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w adversity|strong="H7451"\w*?” \w In|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* Job’s \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*—Eliphaz \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*—\w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w adversity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H7969"\w* come \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H7451"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* met \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w sympathize|strong="H5110"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* Job \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H5234"\w* barely \w recognize|strong="H5234"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w aloud|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* each \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w threw|strong="H2236"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* ground \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* intense \w his|strong="H7200"\w* suffering \w was|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, Job \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* birth.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H6030"\w* this is what he \w said|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 3 “\w May|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3117"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* perish, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* said, ‘\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w boy|strong="H1397"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* conceived.’   
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\v 4 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H4605"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*! \w May|strong="H1961"\w* God \w above|strong="H4605"\w* disregard \w it|strong="H1931"\w*; \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w light|strong="H5105"\w* \w shine|strong="H3313"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w May|strong="H3117"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w gloom|strong="H6757"\w* reclaim \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6053"\w* \w settle|strong="H7931"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*; \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blackness|strong="H3650"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* overwhelm \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w If|strong="H1931"\w* only darkness \w had|strong="H3117"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*! \w May|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* appear among \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*; \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* never \w be|strong="H3117"\w* entered \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w any|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w barren|strong="H1565"\w*; \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H1961"\w* \w joyful|strong="H7445"\w* \w voice|strong="H7445"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w May|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w cursed|strong="H5344"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* those who \w curse|strong="H5344"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*—those \w prepared|strong="H6264"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w rouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w Leviathan|strong="H3882"\w*.   
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\v 9 May its \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w grow|strong="H2821"\w* \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*; may \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w wait|strong="H6960"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* vain \w for|strong="H6960"\w* daylight; may \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w breaking|strong="H6079"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* night \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* womb \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5999"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5641"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w perish|strong="H1478"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w birth|strong="H7358"\w*; \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*?   
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\v 12 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H7699"\w* there \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w receive|strong="H6923"\w* \w me|strong="H6923"\w*, \w and|strong="H1290"\w* \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w nursed|strong="H3243"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w peace|strong="H8252"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w asleep|strong="H3462"\w* \w and|strong="H8252"\w* \w at|strong="H5117"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*   
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\v 14 \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w counselors|strong="H3289"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* earth, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1129"\w* cities \w now|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w*,   
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\v 15 \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H8269"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Or|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stillborn|strong="H5309"\w* \w child|strong="H5768"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w infant|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* daylight?   
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\v 17 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* \w from|strong="H5117"\w* \w raging|strong="H7267"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w weary|strong="H3019"\w* \w find|strong="H5117"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* captives enjoy \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w ease|strong="H7599"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w oppressor|strong="H5065"\w*.   
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\v 19 Both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w freed|strong="H2670"\w* \w from|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H1931"\w* master.   
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\v 20 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* light \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* miserable, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*,   
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\v 21 who \w long|strong="H2442"\w* \w for|strong="H2442"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* that does not come, \w and|strong="H4194"\w* \w search|strong="H2658"\w* \w for|strong="H2442"\w* \w it|strong="H4301"\w* like \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w* \w treasure|strong="H4301"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H8055"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7797"\w* \w exult|strong="H7797"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* reach \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*?   
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\v 23 Why \w is|strong="H1870"\w* life given \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w whose|strong="H1397"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w*, \w whom|strong="H1397"\w* God \w has|strong="H1157"\w* \w hedged|strong="H5526"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w*?   
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\v 24 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* sigh \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* put \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* groans \w pour|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H5413"\w* \w like|strong="H5413"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w feared|strong="H6342"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* overtaken \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6343"\w* \w what|strong="H6343"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* dreaded \w has|strong="H3588"\w* befallen \w me|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w ease|strong="H7951"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7267"\w* \w has|strong="H5117"\w* come.”   
\c 4
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “If \w one|strong="H1697"\w* \w ventures|strong="H5254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w*, \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w wearied|strong="H3811"\w*? Yet \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w keep|strong="H6113"\w* \w from|strong="H1697"\w* \w speaking|strong="H4405"\w*?   
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\v 3 \w Surely|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w feeble|strong="H7504"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Your|strong="H6965"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* steadied \w those|strong="H3782"\w* who \w stumbled|strong="H3782"\w*; \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* braced \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w that|strong="H6965"\w* \w were|strong="H4405"\w* buckling.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* trouble \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H5060"\w* upon \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are \w weary|strong="H3811"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w strikes|strong="H5060"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are dismayed.   
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\v 6 \w Is|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* reverence \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w confidence|strong="H3690"\w*, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w uprightness|strong="H8537"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*?   
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\v 7 \w Consider|strong="H2142"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H2142"\w* plead: \w Who|strong="H4310"\w*, being \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*, \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w ever|strong="H4310"\w* perished? \w Or|strong="H4310"\w* where have \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w been|strong="H2142"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3582"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w As|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w observed|strong="H7200"\w*, those who \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5999"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* those who \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* same.   
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\v 9 \w By|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* God they \w perish|strong="H3615"\w*, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w by|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w His|strong="H3615"\w* \w anger|strong="H7307"\w* they are \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H6963"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* may \w roar|strong="H7581"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* fierce \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* may growl, yet \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w are|strong="H8127"\w* \w broken|strong="H5421"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w* perishes \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* cubs \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6504"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Now|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* secretly; \w my|strong="H3947"\w* ears \w caught|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whisper|strong="H8102"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* disquieting \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w deep|strong="H8639"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* men,   
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\v 14 \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w and|strong="H6106"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7460"\w* \w came|strong="H7122"\w* over me \w and|strong="H6106"\w* made \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* shudder.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* glided \w past|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w bristled|strong="H5568"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w could|strong="H5234"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w discern|strong="H5234"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w form|strong="H8544"\w* loomed \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* whispering \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*:   
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\v 17 ‘\w Can|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mortal \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w than|strong="H6663"\w* God, \w or|strong="H2891"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w pure|strong="H2891"\w* \w than|strong="H6663"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w charges|strong="H7760"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* \w with|strong="H7760"\w* \w error|strong="H8417"\w*,   
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\v 19 how much more those who \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*, whose \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, who \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*!   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="H1242"\w* are \w smashed|strong="H3807"\w* \w to|strong="H1242"\w* \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* \w from|strong="H7760"\w* \w dawn|strong="H1242"\w* \w to|strong="H1242"\w* dusk; unnoticed, \w they|strong="H1242"\w* perish \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* tent \w cords|strong="H3499"\w* \w pulled|strong="H5265"\w* up, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*?’   
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\v 1 “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H6437"\w* \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*? \w To|strong="H7121"\w* \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of|strong="H6918"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w ones|strong="H6918"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w*?   
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\v 2 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* resentment \w kills|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool, \w and|strong="H4191"\w* \w envy|strong="H7068"\w* \w slays|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w simple|strong="H6601"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool \w taking|strong="H8327"\w* \w root|strong="H8327"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* house was \w cursed|strong="H5344"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w His|strong="H5337"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w safety|strong="H3468"\w*, \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w court|strong="H8179"\w* without \w a|strong="H3068"\w* defender.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w* consume \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* even \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6791"\w*, \w and|strong="H2428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* thirsty \w pant|strong="H7602"\w* after \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* distress \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spring|strong="H6779"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sprout|strong="H6779"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w sparks|strong="H1121"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w upward|strong="H1361"\w*.   
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\v 8 However, \w if|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* were \w you|strong="H7760"\w*, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* would appeal \w to|strong="H1875"\w* God \w and|strong="H1875"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w cause|strong="H1700"\w* before \w Him|strong="H7760"\w*—   
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\v 9 \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w One|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w*, \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w* \w without|strong="H6381"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fields|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w sets|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w lowly|strong="H8217"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*, \w so|strong="H7760"\w* \w that|strong="H7760"\w* mourners \w are|strong="H6937"\w* \w lifted|strong="H7682"\w* \w to|strong="H7682"\w* \w safety|strong="H3468"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* thwarts \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w schemes|strong="H4284"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w crafty|strong="H6175"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* find \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w success|strong="H8454"\w*.   
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\v 13 He catches \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H2450"\w* their \w craftiness|strong="H6193"\w*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* sweeps away \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w plans|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H6098"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w cunning|strong="H2450"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H3915"\w* \w encounter|strong="H6298"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w by|strong="H3915"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H3119"\w* \w grope|strong="H4959"\w* \w at|strong="H4959"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w* as \w in|strong="H4959"\w* \w the|strong="H3915"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w saves|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* needy \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3027"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* clutches \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2389"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w* \w shuts|strong="H7092"\w* \w its|strong="H7092"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 17 Blessed \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* man whom God \w corrects|strong="H3198"\w*; so do \w not|strong="H3988"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w of|strong="H4148"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4272"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w binds|strong="H2280"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w strikes|strong="H4272"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H5337"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w calamities|strong="H7451"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w In|strong="H4421"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w stroke|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w from|strong="H3956"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*, \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* havoc \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* comes.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H3372"\w* \w will|strong="H7832"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H7832"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w and|strong="H3372"\w* \w famine|strong="H3720"\w*, \w and|strong="H3372"\w* need \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3372"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3372"\w* earth.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* stones \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H2416"\w* \w at|strong="H1285"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* tent \w is|strong="H2398"\w* \w secure|strong="H7965"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* amiss \w when|strong="H3588"\w* inspecting \w your|strong="H3045"\w* home.   
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\v 25 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w like|strong="H6212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* \w of|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth.   
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\v 26 \w You|strong="H5927"\w* \w will|strong="H6256"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w in|strong="H6913"\w* \w full|strong="H3624"\w* \w vigor|strong="H3624"\w*, \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sheaf \w of|strong="H6256"\w* \w grain|strong="H1430"\w* gathered \w in|strong="H6913"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Indeed|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w investigated|strong="H2713"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w true|strong="H3651"\w*! \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w If|strong="H3863"\w* \w only|strong="H3863"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w grief|strong="H3708"\w* \w could|strong="H5375"\w* \w be|strong="H3162"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w and|strong="H5375"\w* placed \w with|strong="H3708"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* calamity \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* outweigh \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*—no wonder \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w been|strong="H3886"\w* \w rash|strong="H3886"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* pierced \w me|strong="H5978"\w*; \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w in|strong="H7307"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w poison|strong="H2534"\w*; \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w terrors|strong="H1161"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* God \w are|strong="H2671"\w* \w arrayed|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H6186"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
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\v 5 Does \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w bray|strong="H5101"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w fresh|strong="H1877"\w* \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*, \w or|strong="H7794"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w low|strong="H1600"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w fodder|strong="H1098"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w tasteless|strong="H8602"\w* food eaten \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*, or \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w flavor|strong="H2940"\w* \w in|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H3426"\w* \w white|strong="H2495"\w* \w of|strong="H1097"\w* \w an|strong="H3426"\w* \w egg|strong="H2495"\w*?   
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\v 7 \w My|strong="H5060"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w refuses|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w loathsome|strong="H1741"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3985"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 8 If only \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H7596"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7596"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* fulfill \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*:   
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\v 9 \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w would|strong="H2974"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w willing|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w me|strong="H2974"\w*, \w to|strong="H3027"\w* unleash \w His|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w cut|strong="H1214"\w* \w me|strong="H2974"\w* \w off|strong="H1214"\w*!   
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\v 10 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* brings \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5165"\w*, \w and|strong="H5750"\w* joy \w through|strong="H3588"\w* unrelenting \w pain|strong="H2427"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w denied|strong="H3582"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* words \w of|strong="H6918"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* future, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* patient?   
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\v 12 \w Is|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* like \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1320"\w* stone, \w or|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H3581"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* made \w of|strong="H1320"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5153"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w Is|strong="H8454"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* \w within|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* now \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w success|strong="H8454"\w* \w is|strong="H8454"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*?   
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\v 14 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w despairing|strong="H4523"\w* \w man|strong="H4523"\w* should \w have|strong="H7453"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w of|strong="H3374"\w* \w his|strong="H5800"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, \w even|strong="H7453"\w* if he \w forsakes|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H3374"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
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\v 15 But \w my|strong="H5674"\w* brothers are \w as|strong="H3644"\w* faithless \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w wadis|strong="H5158"\w*, \w as|strong="H3644"\w* seasonal \w streams|strong="H5158"\w* \w that|strong="H5158"\w* \w overflow|strong="H5674"\w*,   
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\v 16 \w darkened|strong="H6937"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ice|strong="H7140"\w* \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* inflow \w of|strong="H4480"\w* melting \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*,   
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\v 17 but ceasing \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* dry \w season|strong="H6256"\w* \w and|strong="H4725"\w* vanishing \w from|strong="H4725"\w* \w their|strong="H6256"\w* channels \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* \w heat|strong="H2527"\w*.   
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\v 18 Caravans turn \w aside|strong="H3943"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H1870"\w* \w routes|strong="H1870"\w*; \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w wasteland|strong="H8414"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* perish.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H5027"\w* caravans \w of|strong="H1979"\w* \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* water; \w the|strong="H5027"\w* \w travelers|strong="H1979"\w* \w of|strong="H1979"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w hope|strong="H6960"\w* \w to|strong="H5027"\w* find it.   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* are \w confounded|strong="H2659"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* hoped; \w their|strong="H3588"\w* arrival brings disappointment.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w terror|strong="H2866"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Have|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* ever said, ‘\w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w* something; \w offer|strong="H7809"\w* \w me|strong="H1157"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bribe|strong="H7809"\w* \w from|strong="H3581"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w wealth|strong="H3581"\w*;   
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\v 23 \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w*; \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* grasp \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w ruthless|strong="H6184"\w*’?   
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\v 24 \w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w*, \w and|strong="H2790"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* be \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*. Help \w me|strong="H4100"\w* understand \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w painful|strong="H4834"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w honest|strong="H3476"\w* words! \w But|strong="H3198"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w argument|strong="H3198"\w* \w prove|strong="H3198"\w*?   
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\v 26 Do \w you|strong="H3198"\w* \w intend|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w correct|strong="H3198"\w* \w my|strong="H2803"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* treat \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H2803"\w* cry \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w despair|strong="H2976"\w*?   
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\v 27 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* would \w even|strong="H7453"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* lots \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H5307"\w* \w orphan|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H5307"\w* barter \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w But|strong="H6437"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H2974"\w* \w look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Would|strong="H2974"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*?   
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\v 29 \w Reconsider|strong="H5750"\w*; \w do|strong="H4994"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w unjust|strong="H5766"\w*. \w Reconsider|strong="H5750"\w*, \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* stake.   
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\v 30 \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*? \w Can|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* discern malice?   
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\v 1 “\w Is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H7916"\w* consigned \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w labor|strong="H6635"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* earth? \w Are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hired|strong="H7916"\w* hand?   
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\v 2 \w Like|strong="H6738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w slave|strong="H5650"\w* he longs \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w*; \w like|strong="H6738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w* he \w waits|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H6960"\w* \w his|strong="H5650"\w* \w wages|strong="H6467"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* am \w allotted|strong="H5157"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w* \w of|strong="H5999"\w* futility, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* \w of|strong="H5999"\w* \w misery|strong="H5999"\w* \w are|strong="H5999"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w to|strong="H3915"\w* me.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H4970"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* think: ‘\w When|strong="H4970"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*?’ But \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w night|strong="H6153"\w* drags \w on|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* toss \w and|strong="H6965"\w* turn \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w dawn|strong="H5399"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w My|strong="H3988"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w worms|strong="H7415"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* encrusted \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*; \w my|strong="H3988"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w is|strong="H1320"\w* cracked \w and|strong="H6083"\w* festering.   
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\v 6 \w My|strong="H3615"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* weaver’s shuttle; \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w without|strong="H4480"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*. \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w happiness|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w beholds|strong="H7789"\w* \w me|strong="H7210"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H7210"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H7210"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w vanishes|strong="H3615"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w returns|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* remembers \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrain|strong="H2820"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w anguish|strong="H6862"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*; \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w complain|strong="H7878"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 12 Am \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w monster|strong="H8577"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* deep, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* must keep \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H4929"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5162"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* \w will|strong="H6210"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w couch|strong="H6210"\w* \w will|strong="H6210"\w* \w ease|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* complaint,   
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\v 14 then \w You|strong="H2865"\w* \w frighten|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w* with \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w and|strong="H2865"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H2472"\w* with \w visions|strong="H2384"\w*,   
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\v 15 so \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* prefer \w strangling|strong="H4267"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* over \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* this \w body|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w loathe|strong="H3988"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H2421"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w Leave|strong="H2308"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w breath|strong="H1892"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w exalt|strong="H1431"\w* \w him|strong="H7896"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w set|strong="H7896"\w* \w Your|strong="H3588"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* upon \w him|strong="H7896"\w*,   
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\v 18 \w that|strong="H6485"\w* \w You|strong="H6485"\w* \w attend|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H1242"\w* \w him|strong="H6485"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w and|strong="H1242"\w* test \w him|strong="H6485"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w Will|strong="H3808"\w* \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H8159"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w spittle|strong="H7536"\w*?   
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\v 20 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w watcher|strong="H5341"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* mankind? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w target|strong="H4645"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H7836"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H6310"\w* \w on|strong="H6310"\w* \w saying|strong="H6310"\w* such things? \w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* blustering \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.   
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\v 3 Does God \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*? Does \w the|strong="H4941"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w what|strong="H6664"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H6588"\w*.   
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\v 5 But \w if|strong="H2603"\w* \w you|strong="H7836"\w* \w would|strong="H7706"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7836"\w* \w seek|strong="H7836"\w* God \w and|strong="H2603"\w* ask \w the|strong="H2603"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w for|strong="H7836"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2603"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5116"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w* \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3477"\w* \w rouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w Himself|strong="H7999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6664"\w* \w estate|strong="H5116"\w*.   
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\v 7 Though \w your|strong="H1961"\w* beginnings \w were|strong="H1961"\w* modest, \w your|strong="H1961"\w* latter days \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flourish|strong="H7685"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w inquire|strong="H7592"\w* \w of|strong="H7592"\w* \w past|strong="H7223"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* \w and|strong="H7223"\w* \w consider|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* discoveries \w of|strong="H7592"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* fathers.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3808"\w* \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*; \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Will|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w speak|strong="H4405"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w Does|strong="H3808"\w* \w papyrus|strong="H1573"\w* \w grow|strong="H7685"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1097"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w marsh|strong="H1207"\w*? Do reeds \w flourish|strong="H7685"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?   
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\v 12 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shoots \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* uncut, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* quickly \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Such|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* destiny \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* God; \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w will|strong="H8615"\w* perish.   
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\v 14 His \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* fragile; his \w security|strong="H4009"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* spider’s \w web|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w leans|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w web|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w gives|strong="H5975"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w*; \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w holds|strong="H2388"\w* \w fast|strong="H2388"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H5975"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* well-watered \w plant|strong="H8121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sunshine, spreading \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w shoots|strong="H3127"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w garden|strong="H1593"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w wrap|strong="H5440"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rock|strong="H1530"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w*; \w he|strong="H1004"\w* looks \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stones.   
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\v 18 \w If|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* uprooted \w from|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* disown \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, saying, ‘\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.’   
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\v 19 \w Surely|strong="H2005"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w his|strong="H1931"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; yet others \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w spring|strong="H6779"\w* \w from|strong="H4885"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H7489"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w yet|strong="H5704"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w laughter|strong="H7814"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shout|strong="H8643"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w joy|strong="H8643"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Your|strong="H8130"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w in|strong="H3847"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*, \w and|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H8130"\w* tent \w of|strong="H1322"\w* \w the|strong="H8130"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H7563"\w* \w be|strong="H7563"\w* \w no|strong="H7563"\w* \w more|strong="H7563"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mortal \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* God?   
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\v 3 If \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w wished|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H2654"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* time \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thousand.   
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\v 4 \w God|strong="H7999"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H2450"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H3824"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3581"\w* \w in|strong="H2450"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* resisted \w Him|strong="H7999"\w* \w and|strong="H3824"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7999"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w moves|strong="H6275"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H2015"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w overturns|strong="H2015"\w* \w them|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w His|strong="H3045"\w* anger.   
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\v 6 He \w shakes|strong="H7264"\w* \w the|strong="H4725"\w* earth \w from|strong="H4725"\w* its \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w so|strong="H7264"\w* \w that|strong="H4725"\w* its foundations \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* commands \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w sun|strong="H2775"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w shine|strong="H2856"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w seals|strong="H2856"\w* off \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* alone \w stretches|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w treads|strong="H1869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waves|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*, \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w constellations|strong="H3685"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5704"\w* \w searching|strong="H2714"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w* \w without|strong="H5704"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Were|strong="H7200"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w were|strong="H7200"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w move|strong="H2498"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* recognize \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* takes \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* stop \w Him|strong="H7725"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* dares \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ask \w Him|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*?’   
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\v 13 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrain|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H7725"\w* anger; \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w helpers|strong="H5826"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7293"\w* cower \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w Him|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6030"\w* can \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w* \w or|strong="H6030"\w* choose \w my|strong="H3588"\w* arguments \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w For|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2603"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H8199"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* could only beg \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w Judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2603"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Him|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w He|strong="H3588"\w* would \w listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H6482"\w* \w He|strong="H7235"\w* would crush \w me|strong="H7235"\w* \w with|strong="H7235"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tempest|strong="H8183"\w* \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w my|strong="H7235"\w* \w wounds|strong="H6482"\w* \w without|strong="H2600"\w* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* catch \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* overwhelms \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4472"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* matter \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, \w He|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3581"\w*! \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* matter \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w summon|strong="H3259"\w* Him?   
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\v 20 Even if I \w were|strong="H6310"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w my|strong="H6310"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* would \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w me|strong="H7561"\w*; if I \w were|strong="H6310"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w*, it would \w declare|strong="H6663"\w* \w me|strong="H7561"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*.   
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\v 21 Though \w I|strong="H3045"\w* am \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w concern|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w*; \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3651"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* say, ‘\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w destroys|strong="H3615"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.’   
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\v 23 When \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* brings \w sudden|strong="H6597"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w He|strong="H6597"\w* \w mocks|strong="H3932"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w despair|strong="H4531"\w* \w of|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* earth \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* blindfolds \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*. \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w*, \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*?   
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\v 25 \w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w runner|strong="H7323"\w*; \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w sweep|strong="H2498"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* boats \w of|strong="H5921"\w* papyrus, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* swooping \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* prey.   
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\v 27 If \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H5800"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w my|strong="H5800"\w* \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* change \w my|strong="H5800"\w* \w expression|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w smile|strong="H1082"\w*,’   
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\v 28 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w dread|strong="H3025"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* sufferings; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acquit|strong="H5352"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 29 Since \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am already found \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w labor|strong="H3021"\w* \w in|strong="H3021"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*?   
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\v 30 If I should \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w myself|strong="H7364"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w and|strong="H3709"\w* \w cleanse|strong="H2141"\w* \w my|strong="H7364"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w with|strong="H7364"\w* \w lye|strong="H1253"\w*,   
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\v 31 then \w You|strong="H8581"\w* \w would|strong="H8008"\w* \w plunge|strong="H2881"\w* \w me|strong="H8581"\w* into \w the|strong="H2881"\w* \w pit|strong="H7845"\w*, \w and|strong="H8581"\w* even my own \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* \w would|strong="H8008"\w* \w despise|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H8581"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w Him|strong="H6030"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H4941"\w* \w each|strong="H3162"\w* \w other|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w court|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 33 Nor \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mediator \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w lay|strong="H7896"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w*.   
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\v 34 Let \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H5493"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* terror will no \w longer|strong="H5493"\w* \w frighten|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H5978"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3372"\w* \w Him|strong="H3372"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* own.   
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\v 1 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* loathe \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* express \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H5921"\w* God: \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! Let \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* prosecute \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 3 Does \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w please|strong="H2896"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H3018"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w favor|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w schemes|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*? \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H5869"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w Are|strong="H3117"\w* \w Your|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H3117"\w* those \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mortal, \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w Your|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w like|strong="H3117"\w* those \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w search|strong="H1875"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*—   
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\v 7 \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* there \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Your|strong="H6213"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shaped \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w altogether|strong="H3162"\w* formed \w me|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Would|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H3027"\w* turn \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* molded \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*. \w Would|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Did|strong="H3808"\w* \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pour|strong="H5413"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w out|strong="H5413"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w curdle|strong="H7087"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w cheese|strong="H1385"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w You|strong="H1320"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w me|strong="H5526"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w knit|strong="H5526"\w* \w me|strong="H5526"\w* \w together|strong="H5526"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w sinews|strong="H1517"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H6486"\w* \w granted|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H2617"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*, \w and|strong="H2617"\w* \w Your|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w concealed|strong="H6845"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w Your|strong="H3045"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H3824"\w* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w Your|strong="H3045"\w* \w mind|strong="H3824"\w*:   
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\v 14 \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w You|strong="H3808"\w* would \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w note|strong="H8104"\w*, \w and|strong="H8104"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w acquit|strong="H5352"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H5771"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.   
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\v 15 If \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w guilty|strong="H7561"\w*, woe \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*! \w And|strong="H7218"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w full|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* aware \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*.   
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\v 16 Should I hold \w my|strong="H7725"\w* head \w high|strong="H6381"\w*, \w You|strong="H7725"\w* would \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* display \w Your|strong="H7725"\w* \w power|strong="H6381"\w* against \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* produce new \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w and|strong="H7235"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w Your|strong="H7235"\w* \w anger|strong="H3708"\w* \w toward|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*. Hardships \w assault|strong="H5048"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w in|strong="H6635"\w* wave \w after|strong="H2487"\w* wave.   
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\v 18 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*? Oh, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w died|strong="H1478"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!   
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\v 19 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* only \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* womb \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w*? \w Withdraw|strong="H7896"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w comfort|strong="H1082"\w*,   
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\v 21 \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*—\w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*—\w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w gloom|strong="H6757"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w utter|strong="H5890"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*, \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w deep|strong="H6757"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w and|strong="H3808"\w* disorder, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w light|strong="H3313"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Should|strong="H8193"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* stream \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w go|strong="H6030"\w* \w unanswered|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w such|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* speaker \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w vindicated|strong="H6663"\w*?   
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\v 3 Should \w your|strong="H4962"\w* babbling put others \w to|strong="H3637"\w* \w silence|strong="H2790"\w*? \w Will|strong="H4962"\w* you \w scoff|strong="H3932"\w* without \w rebuke|strong="H3637"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w You|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* said, ‘\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w doctrine|strong="H3948"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* sound, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w Your|strong="H1961"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.’   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* if only \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w and|strong="H2451"\w* disclose \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w secrets|strong="H8587"\w* \w of|strong="H5771"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* true \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H3718"\w* \w sides|strong="H3718"\w*. \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w then|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* exacts \w from|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* deserves.   
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\v 7 Can \w you|strong="H5704"\w* fathom \w the|strong="H5704"\w* deep \w things|strong="H2714"\w* \w of|strong="H2714"\w* God \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w discover|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w limits|strong="H8503"\w* \w of|strong="H2714"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* higher \w than|strong="H6013"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*—\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w*? \w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w deeper|strong="H6013"\w* \w than|strong="H6013"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*—\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w Their|strong="H4480"\w* \w measure|strong="H4055"\w* \w is|strong="H4480"\w* longer \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* earth \w and|strong="H3220"\w* wider \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w If|strong="H2498"\w* \w He|strong="H7725"\w* comes along \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w imprison|strong="H5462"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w or|strong="H4310"\w* convenes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* court, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w stop|strong="H5462"\w* \w Him|strong="H7725"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w deceit|strong="H7723"\w* \w of|strong="H3045"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* iniquity, \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H3045"\w* \w note|strong="H3045"\w*?   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* witless man can no \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* \w wise|strong="H3823"\w* than \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w colt|strong="H5895"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* can be \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man!   
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\v 13 \w As|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H3559"\w* \w you|strong="H3559"\w*, if \w you|strong="H3559"\w* \w direct|strong="H3559"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* lift \w up|strong="H6566"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w Him|strong="H3559"\w*,   
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\v 14 if \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w put|strong="H7368"\w* \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* allow no \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w your|strong="H3027"\w* tents,   
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\v 15 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w blemish|strong="H3971"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w stand|strong="H3372"\w* \w firm|strong="H3332"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* unafraid.   
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\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w misery|strong="H5999"\w*, recalling \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w gone|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Your|strong="H1961"\w* \w life|strong="H2465"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w brighter|strong="H6965"\w* than \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w*; \w its|strong="H1961"\w* darkness \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* secure, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, \w and|strong="H7901"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3426"\w* \w look|strong="H2658"\w* \w around|strong="H2658"\w* \w and|strong="H7901"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H7901"\w* safety.   
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\v 19 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w lie|strong="H7257"\w* \w down|strong="H7257"\w* \w without|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* court \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w escape|strong="H4498"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* elude \w them|strong="H3615"\w*; \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* \w last|strong="H4646"\w* \w breath|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* itself \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H3824"\w*; \w I|strong="H1571"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w such|strong="H3644"\w* \w things|strong="H3644"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* these?   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H7121"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, though \w I|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*. \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* \w man|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H6662"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w laughingstock|strong="H7814"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3559"\w* one at \w ease|strong="H7600"\w* scorns misfortune \w as|strong="H7272"\w* \w the|strong="H3559"\w* fate \w of|strong="H7272"\w* \w those|strong="H7600"\w* whose \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w are|strong="H7272"\w* slipping.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* tents \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w robbers|strong="H7703"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* safe, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* those \w who|strong="H7951"\w* \w provoke|strong="H7264"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* secure—those \w who|strong="H7951"\w* carry \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w god|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 7 But \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* animals, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* they \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w instruct|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*; \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* they \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Or|strong="H5608"\w* \w speak|strong="H7878"\w* \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* it \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w*; let \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w inform|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H3384"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Which|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w thing|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w as|strong="H5315"\w* well \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w mankind|strong="H1320"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* ear test \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w as|strong="H2441"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* tongue \w tastes|strong="H2938"\w* \w its|strong="H4405"\w* food?   
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\v 12 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* found \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* elderly, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w comes|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w*; \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w are|strong="H1369"\w* \w His|strong="H5973"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w tears|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w*; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w imprisons|strong="H5462"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w released|strong="H6605"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w He|strong="H7971"\w* holds \w back|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, they \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w He|strong="H7971"\w* releases \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, they overwhelm \w the|strong="H7971"\w* land.   
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\v 16 True \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w power|strong="H5797"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w The|strong="H5973"\w* \w deceived|strong="H7686"\w* \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w deceiver|strong="H7686"\w* \w are|strong="H5973"\w* \w His|strong="H5973"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w He|strong="H8199"\w* leads \w counselors|strong="H3289"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w barefoot|strong="H7758"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w makes|strong="H1984"\w* \w fools|strong="H1984"\w* \w of|strong="H8199"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w loosens|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* bonds placed \w by|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* fastens \w a|strong="H3068"\w* belt around their waists.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3212"\w* leads \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w barefoot|strong="H7758"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w overthrows|strong="H5557"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* established.   
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\v 20 \w He|strong="H2205"\w* \w deprives|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* trusted \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* \w and|strong="H2205"\w* \w takes|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w discernment|strong="H2940"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w pours|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* contempt \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w nobles|strong="H5081"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* disarms \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mighty.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w reveals|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* \w things|strong="H1540"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w brings|strong="H3318"\w* \w deep|strong="H6013"\w* shadows \w into|strong="H1540"\w* light.   
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\v 23 He \w makes|strong="H7679"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w great|strong="H7679"\w* \w and|strong="H1471"\w* destroys \w them|strong="H5148"\w*; He \w enlarges|strong="H7849"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, then disperses \w them|strong="H5148"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w deprives|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* earth’s \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* reason \w and|strong="H5971"\w* makes \w them|strong="H8582"\w* \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trackless \w wasteland|strong="H8414"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w grope|strong="H4959"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* light; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* makes \w them|strong="H8582"\w* \w stagger|strong="H8582"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*; \w my|strong="H8085"\w* ears \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w understood|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w What|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*; \w I|strong="H3045"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Yet|strong="H1696"\w* I \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* case before God.   
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\v 4 \w You|strong="H3605"\w*, however, \w smear|strong="H2950"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*; \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H8267"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* worthless \w physicians|strong="H7495"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* only \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*; \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*!   
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\v 6 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w argument|strong="H8433"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w plea|strong="H7379"\w* \w of|strong="H8193"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.   
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\v 7 Will \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H5766"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w* God’s behalf or \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceitfully|strong="H7423"\w* \w for|strong="H5766"\w* \w Him|strong="H1696"\w*?   
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\v 8 Would \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w show|strong="H5375"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w* \w partiality|strong="H5375"\w* or \w argue|strong="H7378"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H5375"\w* defense?   
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\v 9 Would \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H2896"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* examined \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? Could \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w deceive|strong="H2048"\w* \w Him|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* would \w deceive|strong="H2048"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Surely|strong="H3198"\w* \w He|strong="H6440"\w* would \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w showed|strong="H5375"\w* \w partiality|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 11 Would \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w majesty|strong="H7613"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*? Would \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dread|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 12 Your maxims \w are|strong="H1354"\w* \w proverbs|strong="H4911"\w* \w of|strong="H2563"\w* ashes; your \w defenses|strong="H1354"\w* \w are|strong="H1354"\w* \w defenses|strong="H1354"\w* \w of|strong="H2563"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Be|strong="H4480"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* let \w come|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w may|strong="H4480"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w myself|strong="H5315"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* risk \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w Though|strong="H2005"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w slay|strong="H6991"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w hope|strong="H3176"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* still \w defend|strong="H3198"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w man|strong="H2611"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* appear \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*; let \w my|strong="H8085"\w* declaration ring \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* ears.   
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\v 18 \w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6186"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4941"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w vindicated|strong="H6663"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* indict \w me|strong="H5978"\w*? \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w so|strong="H6258"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w and|strong="H1478"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w*.   
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\v 20 Only \w grant|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* need \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w*:   
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\v 21 \w Withdraw|strong="H7368"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3709"\w* do \w not|strong="H7368"\w* let \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* terror \w frighten|strong="H1204"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, \w or|strong="H6030"\w* \w let|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w You|strong="H7725"\w* can \w reply|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*? \w Reveal|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w consider|strong="H2803"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* enemy?   
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\v 25 Would \w You|strong="H7291"\w* frighten \w a|strong="H3068"\w* windblown \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w*? Would \w You|strong="H7291"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H7291"\w* \w dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w chaff|strong="H7179"\w*?   
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\v 26 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4846"\w* accusations \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5771"\w* bequeath \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stocks|strong="H5465"\w* \w and|strong="H8104"\w* stand \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* paths; \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w limit|strong="H2707"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soles|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H1931"\w* man wastes \w away|strong="H1086"\w* \w like|strong="H6211"\w* something \w rotten|strong="H7538"\w*, \w like|strong="H6211"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moth-eaten|strong="H6211"\w* garment.   
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\v 1 “\w Man|strong="H7116"\w*, \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w*, \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w short|strong="H7116"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7267"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flower|strong="H6731"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* withers \w away|strong="H1272"\w*; \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fleeting \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H5975"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Do|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*? \w Will|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* bring \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w clean|strong="H2889"\w* \w from|strong="H5414"\w* \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w*!   
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\v 5 \w Since|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w determined|strong="H2782"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w limits|strong="H2706"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* exceed,   
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\v 6 \w look|strong="H8159"\w* \w away|strong="H8159"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w let|strong="H2308"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H2308"\w*, \w so|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* can \w enjoy|strong="H7521"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hired|strong="H7916"\w* hand.   
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\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w sprout|strong="H2498"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w its|strong="H3772"\w* tender \w shoots|strong="H3127"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3772"\w*.   
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\v 8 If its \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w grow|strong="H2204"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H4191"\w* its \w stump|strong="H1503"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*,   
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\v 9 \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w scent|strong="H7381"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w bud|strong="H6524"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* twigs \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sapling.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H4191"\w* \w is|strong="H1397"\w* laid low; he breathes \w his|strong="H1478"\w* \w last|strong="H1478"\w*, \w and|strong="H4191"\w* where \w is|strong="H1397"\w* he?   
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\v 11 \w As|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* disappears \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w becomes|strong="H2717"\w* \w parched|strong="H2717"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w lies|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*. \w Until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w awakened|strong="H5782"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w roused|strong="H5782"\w* \w from|strong="H6965"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*.   
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\v 13 If \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w conceal|strong="H5641"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Your|strong="H5414"\w* anger \w has|strong="H4310"\w* passed! If \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*!   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w*, \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* again? \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* hard \w service|strong="H6635"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H6635"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* renewal \w comes|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w desire|strong="H3700"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Your|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* would \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* track \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* would \w be|strong="H6588"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bag|strong="H6872"\w*, \w and|strong="H5771"\w* \w You|strong="H5921"\w* would cover \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.   
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\v 18 But \w as|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* erodes \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w crumbles|strong="H5034"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* dislodged \w from|strong="H5307"\w* its \w place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w as|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w wears|strong="H7833"\w* \w away|strong="H7857"\w* \w the|strong="H7857"\w* stones \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w torrents|strong="H5599"\w* \w wash|strong="H7857"\w* \w away|strong="H7857"\w* \w the|strong="H7857"\w* \w soil|strong="H6083"\w*, so \w You|strong="H4325"\w* destroy \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man’s \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w* \w overpower|strong="H8630"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1980"\w* \w passes|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*; \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w change|strong="H8138"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* receive \w honor|strong="H3513"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*; \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* brought \w low|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w unaware|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* feels only \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pain|strong="H3510"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* mourns only \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “Does \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* empty counsel \w or|strong="H1847"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H4390"\w* belly \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*?   
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\v 3 Should \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w argue|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w useless|strong="H3808"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w speeches|strong="H4405"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* serve \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w purpose|strong="H1697"\w*?   
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\v 4 But \w you|strong="H6440"\w* even undermine \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w hinder|strong="H1639"\w* \w meditation|strong="H7881"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* instructs \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* choose \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w crafty|strong="H6175"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Your|strong="H3808"\w* own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* mine, \w condemns|strong="H7561"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*; \w your|strong="H3808"\w* own \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Were|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* ever \w born|strong="H3205"\w*? \w Were|strong="H3205"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w brought|strong="H3205"\w* \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Do|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w on|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w council|strong="H5475"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w God|strong="H2451"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w limit|strong="H1639"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* yourself?   
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\v 9 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* clear \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Both|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7867"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w aged|strong="H3453"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* our side—\w men|strong="H3524"\w* \w much|strong="H3524"\w* \w older|strong="H3524"\w* \w than|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* father.   
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\v 11 \w Are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w consolations|strong="H8575"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* God \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w enough|strong="H4592"\w* \w for|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, even \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1697"\w* gently \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?   
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\v 12 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w carried|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w flash|strong="H7335"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w against|strong="H7307"\w* God \w and|strong="H7725"\w* pour such \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*?   
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\v 14 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* man, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w pure|strong="H2135"\w*, \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* puts \w no|strong="H3808"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w ones|strong="H6918"\w*, \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,   
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\v 16 \w how|strong="H3588"\w* much \w less|strong="H3588"\w* man, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* vile \w and|strong="H4325"\w* corrupt, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w* \w like|strong="H5766"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?   
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\v 17 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* inform \w you|strong="H2331"\w*. \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* describe \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H8085"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w*,   
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\v 18 what \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H2450"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w concealed|strong="H3582"\w* \w from|strong="H5046"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* fathers,   
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\v 19 \w to|strong="H5414"\w* whom alone \w the|strong="H5414"\w* land \w was|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w when|strong="H5674"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H2114"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w* \w writhes|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w pain|strong="H2342"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* reserved \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruthless|strong="H6184"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Sounds|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w terror|strong="H6343"\w* fill \w his|strong="H7703"\w* ears; \w in|strong="H6963"\w* \w his|strong="H7703"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* attacks \w him|strong="H6963"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* despairs \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* marked \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w wanders|strong="H5074"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* vultures; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Distress|strong="H6862"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w anguish|strong="H4691"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w*, overwhelming \w him|strong="H4428"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* poised \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w attack|strong="H3593"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* vaunted \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*,   
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\v 26 rushing \w headlong|strong="H6677"\w* at Him \w with|strong="H6677"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*, studded \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* waistline bulges \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w flesh|strong="H6371"\w*,   
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\v 28 \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* ruined \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* abandoned \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w destined|strong="H6257"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* become rubble.   
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\v 29 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*; \w his|strong="H5186"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H6965"\w*. \w His|strong="H5186"\w* possessions \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* overspread \w the|strong="H6965"\w* land.   
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\v 30 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w flame|strong="H7957"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w* \w his|strong="H5493"\w* \w shoots|strong="H3127"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* carry \w him|strong="H4480"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* deceive himself \w with|strong="H1961"\w* trust \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w emptiness|strong="H7723"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w emptiness|strong="H7723"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w reward|strong="H8545"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w It|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* paid \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H4390"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H4390"\w* \w branch|strong="H3712"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w flourish|strong="H7488"\w*.   
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\v 33 He \w will|strong="H1612"\w* be like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* stripped \w of|strong="H1612"\w* \w its|strong="H7993"\w* unripe grapes, like \w an|strong="H7993"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w tree|strong="H2132"\w* that sheds \w its|strong="H7993"\w* blossoms.   
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\v 34 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w company|strong="H5712"\w* \w of|strong="H5712"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w barren|strong="H1565"\w*, \w and|strong="H5712"\w* fire \w will|strong="H3588"\w* consume \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tents \w of|strong="H5712"\w* \w bribery|strong="H7810"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w They|strong="H4820"\w* \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w and|strong="H5999"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* evil; \w their|strong="H3559"\w* womb \w is|strong="H5999"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* with \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H7227"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w*; \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w there|strong="H1697"\w* no \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* long-winded speeches? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w provokes|strong="H4834"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* continue testifying?   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H8478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H1571"\w* heap \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H8193"\w* I would encourage \w you|strong="H6310"\w* \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H1119"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H6310"\w* consolation \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H1119"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* would bring relief.   
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\v 6 \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w pain|strong="H3511"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w relieved|strong="H2820"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* if \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w hold|strong="H2820"\w* \w back|strong="H2820"\w*, \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*?   
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\v 7 Surely \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w exhausted|strong="H3811"\w* \w me|strong="H8074"\w*; \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w devastated|strong="H8074"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* family.   
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\v 8 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* bound \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w*; \w my|strong="H6965"\w* frailty \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w opposed|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w gnashes|strong="H2786"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w adversary|strong="H6862"\w* pierces \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* open \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w cheeks|strong="H3895"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w contempt|strong="H2781"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* join \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* unjust \w men|strong="H7563"\w*; \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* thrown \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* clutches \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w ease|strong="H7961"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* He \w shattered|strong="H6565"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*; He seized \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* crushed \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. He \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w target|strong="H4307"\w*;   
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\v 13 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w archers|strong="H7228"\w* \w surround|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w pierces|strong="H6398"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w kidneys|strong="H3629"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w* \w and|strong="H5437"\w* spills \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w gall|strong="H4845"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w breaks|strong="H6555"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* wound \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* wound; \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w rushes|strong="H7323"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H7323"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* sewn \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H1539"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* buried \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w red|strong="H2560"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w deep|strong="H6757"\w* shadows ring \w my|strong="H5921"\w* eyes;   
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\v 17 \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w are|strong="H3709"\w* free \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w and|strong="H2555"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w is|strong="H3709"\w* \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* earth, do \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w for|strong="H4725"\w* \w help|strong="H1961"\w* never \w be|strong="H1961"\w* laid \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H6258"\w* \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w my|strong="H6258"\w* \w advocate|strong="H7717"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w on|strong="H6258"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*.   
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\v 20 My \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* my scoffers \w as|strong="H5869"\w* my \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* pour \w out|strong="H1811"\w* tears \w to|strong="H5869"\w* God.   
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\v 21 Oh, \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w might|strong="H1121"\w* \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* God \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w pleads|strong="H7453"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*!   
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\v 22 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w are|strong="H8141"\w* \w past|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w My|strong="H3117"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w broken|strong="H2254"\w*; \w my|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H2193"\w*; \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w awaits|strong="H2254"\w* \w me|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w mockers|strong="H2049"\w* surround \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* gaze \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* rebellion.   
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\v 3 \w Give|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w pray|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H7760"\w* pledge \w You|strong="H7760"\w* demand. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w else|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w guarantor|strong="H8628"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* closed \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w minds|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w denounces|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* price, \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w byword|strong="H4914"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* whose \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w spit|strong="H8611"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w grown|strong="H3543"\w* \w dim|strong="H3543"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w grief|strong="H3708"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* body \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w and|strong="H8074"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Yet|strong="H3254"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* holds \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w grows|strong="H3254"\w* stronger.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H4672"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* try \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w For|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w among|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w My|strong="H5674"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w*; \w my|strong="H5674"\w* \w plans|strong="H2154"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w broken|strong="H5423"\w* \w off|strong="H5423"\w*—\w even|strong="H4180"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* desires \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H5674"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H7760"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w into|strong="H3915"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, making \w light|strong="H7760"\w* seem \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
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\v 13 If \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w look|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H7502"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, if \w I|strong="H1004"\w* spread \w out|strong="H7502"\w* \w my|strong="H7502"\w* \w bed|strong="H3326"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w and|strong="H7121"\w* say \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w corruption|strong="H7845"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H7415"\w* \w my|strong="H7121"\w* father,’ \w and|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w worm|strong="H7415"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H7121"\w* mother,’ or ‘\w My|strong="H7121"\w* sister,’   
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\v 15 where then \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w my|strong="H7789"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w see|strong="H7789"\w* \w any|strong="H4310"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w for|strong="H8615"\w* \w me|strong="H7789"\w*?   
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\v 16 \w Will|strong="H6083"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* gates \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*? \w Will|strong="H6083"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*?”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H7078"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w speeches|strong="H4405"\w*? \w Show|strong="H7760"\w* some sense, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* can \w talk|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* cattle, \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w stupid|strong="H2933"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5869"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w You|strong="H5800"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* anger—\w should|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* earth \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w on|strong="H4725"\w* \w your|strong="H5800"\w* \w account|strong="H4616"\w*, or \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w moved|strong="H6275"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w Indeed|strong="H1571"\w*, \w the|strong="H1571"\w* lamp \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H1846"\w*; \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w flame|strong="H7632"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* fire \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* glow.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* tent grows \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*, \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w goes|strong="H1846"\w* \w out|strong="H1846"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w His|strong="H7993"\w* vigorous \w stride|strong="H6806"\w* \w is|strong="H6806"\w* shortened, \w and|strong="H6098"\w* \w his|strong="H7993"\w* own \w schemes|strong="H6098"\w* trip \w him|strong="H7993"\w* up.   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* own \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w lead|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wanders \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* mesh.   
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\v 9 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H6341"\w* \w seizes|strong="H2388"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w heel|strong="H6119"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* \w grips|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w noose|strong="H2256"\w* \w is|strong="H2256"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground, \w and|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H4434"\w* lies \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w path|strong="H5410"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w frighten|strong="H1204"\w* \w him|strong="H5439"\w* \w on|strong="H7272"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w* \w and|strong="H7272"\w* harass \w his|strong="H5439"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w step|strong="H7272"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w His|strong="H3559"\w* strength \w is|strong="H1961"\w* depleted, \w and|strong="H7457"\w* calamity \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3559"\w* \w side|strong="H6763"\w*.   
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\v 13 It devours patches \w of|strong="H1060"\w* his \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*; \w the|strong="H4194"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w of|strong="H1060"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* devours his limbs.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w torn|strong="H5423"\w* \w from|strong="H5423"\w* \w the|strong="H5423"\w* shelter \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* tent \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w marched|strong="H6805"\w* \w off|strong="H5423"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5423"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w terrors|strong="H1091"\w*.   
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\v 15 Fire resides \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* tent; burning \w sulfur|strong="H1614"\w* rains \w down|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H7931"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H8478"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, \w and|strong="H4605"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w branches|strong="H7105"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w him|strong="H8478"\w* \w wither|strong="H3001"\w* \w away|strong="H3001"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w memory|strong="H2143"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* perishes \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* has \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H2822"\w* \w driven|strong="H1920"\w* \w from|strong="H1920"\w* light into \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H2822"\w* \w chased|strong="H5074"\w* \w from|strong="H1920"\w* \w the|strong="H5074"\w* \w inhabited|strong="H8398"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w offspring|strong="H5209"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w posterity|strong="H5220"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivor|strong="H8300"\w* \w where|strong="H4033"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* once lived.   
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\v 20 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* west \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w fate|strong="H3117"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* tremble \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w horror|strong="H8074"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w wicked|strong="H5767"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H2088"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w torment|strong="H3013"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w crush|strong="H1792"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*?   
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\v 3 \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w now|strong="H6471"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w reproached|strong="H3637"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*; \w you|strong="H3808"\w* shamelessly mistreat \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 4 Even if I have truly gone \w astray|strong="H7686"\w*, my \w error|strong="H7686"\w* concerns me alone.   
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\v 5 If indeed \w you|strong="H5921"\w* would \w exalt|strong="H1431"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1431"\w* use \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H2781"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w then|strong="H3045"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* God \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w wronged|strong="H5791"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* drawn \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w net|strong="H4686"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Though|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6817"\w*, ‘\w Violence|strong="H2555"\w*!’ \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w get|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w response|strong="H6030"\w*; \w though|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w call|strong="H7768"\w* \w for|strong="H7768"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, there \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5674"\w* \w blocked|strong="H1443"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w way|strong="H5410"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5674"\w* veiled \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3519"\w* \w stripped|strong="H6584"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H5422"\w* tears \w me|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w* \w until|strong="H6086"\w* \w I|strong="H3212"\w* am \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*; \w He|strong="H5422"\w* uproots \w my|strong="H5439"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w like|strong="H5439"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w burns|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H2734"\w* \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w counts|strong="H2803"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w troops|strong="H1416"\w* advance \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* construct \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ramp \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w encamp|strong="H2583"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w tent|strong="H2583"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w has|strong="H3045"\w* \w removed|strong="H7368"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* brothers \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w acquaintances|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w My|strong="H3045"\w* \w kinsmen|strong="H7138"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w failed|strong="H2308"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w friends|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* guests \w and|strong="H1004"\w* maidservants \w count|strong="H2803"\w* \w me|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*; \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H5237"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H5650"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, though \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w implore|strong="H2603"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H5650"\w* own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 17 My \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* repulsive \w to|strong="H1121"\w* my wife, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* am \w loathsome|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* my own family.   
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\v 18 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w little|strong="H5759"\w* boys scorn \w me|strong="H1696"\w*; \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* appear, \w they|strong="H1571"\w* deride \w me|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* best \w friends|strong="H8581"\w* \w despise|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* love \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w My|strong="H6106"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*; \w I|strong="H1320"\w* have \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* by \w the|strong="H4422"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w of|strong="H6106"\w* \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5060"\w*, \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w pity|strong="H2603"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w me|strong="H5060"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* \w me|strong="H7291"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w*? \w Will|strong="H1320"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H7646"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w of|strong="H7646"\w* \w my|strong="H7291"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*?   
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w were|strong="H5612"\w* \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w* \w and|strong="H5612"\w* \w inscribed|strong="H2710"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*,   
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\v 24 by an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w stylus|strong="H5842"\w* on \w lead|strong="H5777"\w*, or chiseled \w in|strong="H1270"\w* stone \w forever|strong="H5703"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="H1350"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w Redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* end \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1350"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 26 Even after \w my|strong="H1320"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w has|strong="H1320"\w* been \w destroyed|strong="H5362"\w*, \w yet|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H1320"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w I|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w* God.   
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\v 27 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Him|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* myself; \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* \w Him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*. How \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w heart|strong="H3629"\w* yearns \w within|strong="H2436"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!   
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\v 28 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘Let \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w lies|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*,’   
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\v 29 \w then|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* yourselves, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* brings \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w by|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w so|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H2719"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H1481"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* anxious \w thoughts|strong="H5587"\w* compel \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w*, \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w of|strong="H5668"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* turmoil within \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H6030"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rebuke \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w insults|strong="H3639"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8085"\w* \w prompts|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 4 Do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* antiquity, \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H2063"\w* \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth,   
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\v 5 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* triumph \w of|strong="H8057"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been brief \w and|strong="H8057"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w of|strong="H8057"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w momentary|strong="H5704"\w*?   
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\v 6 Though \w his|strong="H5927"\w* arrogance \w reaches|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w his|strong="H5927"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w touches|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*,   
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\v 7 \w he|strong="H7200"\w* will perish \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*, like \w his|strong="H7200"\w* own \w dung|strong="H1561"\w*; those who had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* will ask, ‘Where is \w he|strong="H7200"\w*?’   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5074"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w chased|strong="H5074"\w* \w away|strong="H5074"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H2384"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3254"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7805"\w* \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w behold|strong="H7789"\w* \w him|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w His|strong="H7725"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* seek \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w favor|strong="H7521"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* wealth.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w youthful|strong="H5934"\w* \w vigor|strong="H5934"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w fills|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w will|strong="H6083"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 12 Though \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H6310"\w* conceals \w it|strong="H3582"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*,   
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\v 13 though \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* bear \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H5800"\w* \w and|strong="H5921"\w* keeps \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w*,   
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\v 14 yet \w in|strong="H7130"\w* \w his|strong="H7130"\w* \w stomach|strong="H4578"\w* \w his|strong="H7130"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* sours \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H7130"\w* \w venom|strong="H4846"\w* \w of|strong="H3899"\w* \w cobras|strong="H6620"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w him|strong="H7130"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H3423"\w* \w swallows|strong="H1104"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w but|strong="H1104"\w* vomits \w it|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w*; God \w will|strong="H2428"\w* force \w it|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H3423"\w* \w his|strong="H3423"\w* stomach.   
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\v 16 He \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* \w of|strong="H3956"\w* \w cobras|strong="H6620"\w*; \w the|strong="H2026"\w* fangs \w of|strong="H3956"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* viper \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H2026"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w He|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H5158"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w streams|strong="H5158"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w flowing|strong="H5158"\w* \w with|strong="H7200"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* cream.   
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\v 18 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* fruit \w of|strong="H2428"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* labor \w without|strong="H3808"\w* consuming \w it|strong="H7725"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w enjoy|strong="H5965"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* profits \w of|strong="H2428"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w trading|strong="H8545"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w seized|strong="H1497"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* appetite \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H3045"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* treasure.   
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\v 21 \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w left|strong="H8300"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* consume; \w thus|strong="H3651"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2898"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w endure|strong="H2342"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w In|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* midst \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w plenty|strong="H3605"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w distressed|strong="H3334"\w*; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w force|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w misery|strong="H6001"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w come|strong="H4390"\w* \w upon|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* stomach, \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* vent \w His|strong="H7971"\w* \w fury|strong="H2740"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, raining \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* eats.   
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\v 24 Though he \w flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H1272"\w* an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w weapon|strong="H5402"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bronze-tipped arrow \w will|strong="H7198"\w* \w pierce|strong="H2498"\w* \w him|strong="H1272"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* is \w drawn|strong="H8025"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gleaming|strong="H1300"\w* \w point|strong="H1300"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* liver. Terrors \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Total|strong="H3605"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* reserved \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H6845"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w unfanned|strong="H5301"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* consume \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H2822"\w* devour what \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8300"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* tent.   
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\v 27 \w The|strong="H6965"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w expose|strong="H1540"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H6965"\w* \w him|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* possessions \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w removed|strong="H1540"\w*, flowing \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God’s wrath.   
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\v 29 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H2088"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w*’s \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w from|strong="H2506"\w* God, \w the|strong="H2088"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* God \w has|strong="H2088"\w* appointed \w him|strong="H2088"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*; \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w consolation|strong="H8575"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* while I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*; \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, after I \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, \w you|strong="H5375"\w* may go \w on|strong="H1696"\w* mocking.   
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\v 4 \w Is|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w against|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man? \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w should|strong="H4069"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w impatient|strong="H7114"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w Look|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w*; \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H2142"\w* \w I|strong="H2142"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w terror|strong="H6427"\w* takes \w hold|strong="H2142"\w*, \w and|strong="H1320"\w* \w my|strong="H2142"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w* trembles \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w horror|strong="H6427"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* do \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w on|strong="H2421"\w*, growing \w old|strong="H6275"\w* \w and|strong="H2428"\w* increasing \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w power|strong="H2428"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Their|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w around|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* punishment \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Their|strong="H3808"\w* \w bulls|strong="H7794"\w* \w breed|strong="H1602"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H5674"\w*; \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w cows|strong="H6510"\w* bear \w calves|strong="H6403"\w* \w and|strong="H7794"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w miscarry|strong="H7921"\w*.   
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\v 11 They \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w little|strong="H5759"\w* \w ones|strong="H3206"\w* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*; \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w skip|strong="H7540"\w* \w about|strong="H7540"\w*,   
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\v 12 singing \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w tambourine|strong="H8596"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w lyre|strong="H3658"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* making \w merry|strong="H8055"\w* \w at|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w flute|strong="H5748"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w spend|strong="H1086"\w* \w their|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H7281"\w* \w down|strong="H5181"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* peace.   
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\v 14 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* say \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*: ‘\w Leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w* \w alone|strong="H4480"\w*! \w For|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H2654"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w Your|strong="H4480"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Who|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Him|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H5647"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w gain|strong="H3276"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6293"\w* \w to|strong="H6293"\w* \w Him|strong="H5647"\w*?’   
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\v 16 Still, \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2898"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* stay \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w often|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w put|strong="H1846"\w* \w out|strong="H1846"\w*? \w Does|strong="H4100"\w* disaster come \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Does|strong="H4100"\w* God, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* anger, \w apportion|strong="H2505"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2256"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w Are|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* swept \w away|strong="H1589"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w storm|strong="H5492"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w It|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* said \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7999"\w* lays \w up|strong="H6845"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w*’s punishment \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. Let \w God|strong="H7999"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w*, so \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 20 Let \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w destruction|strong="H3589"\w*; let \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w for|strong="H5869"\w* \w himself|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w care|strong="H2656"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3588"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* run \w out|strong="H4100"\w*?   
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\v 22 Can \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w to|strong="H3925"\w* God, \w since|strong="H8199"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* on \w high|strong="H7311"\w*?   
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\v 23 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w full|strong="H8537"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w vigor|strong="H6106"\w*, \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w secure|strong="H7946"\w* \w and|strong="H2088"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w ease|strong="H7961"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w His|strong="H4390"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w is|strong="H6106"\w* well nourished, \w and|strong="H2461"\w* \w his|strong="H4390"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* rich \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w marrow|strong="H4221"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w dies|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* tasted \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w worms|strong="H7415"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H3162"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w* full \w well|strong="H3045"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w schemes|strong="H4284"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* which \w you|strong="H5921"\w* would \w wrong|strong="H2554"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say, ‘\w Where|strong="H1004"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nobleman|strong="H5081"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tents|strong="H4908"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* dwell?’   
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\v 29 \w Have|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* those \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w roads|strong="H1870"\w*? \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accept \w their|strong="H3808"\w* reports?   
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\v 30 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w*, delivered \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w denounces|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w repays|strong="H7999"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?   
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\v 32 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, \w and|strong="H6913"\w* \w watch|strong="H8245"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w kept|strong="H8245"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w clods|strong="H7263"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* follows behind \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w without|strong="H6440"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.   
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\v 34 So how can \w you|strong="H7604"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w me|strong="H5162"\w* with empty words? \w For|strong="H5162"\w* \w your|strong="H5162"\w* \w answers|strong="H8666"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* full \w of|strong="H1892"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H4604"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Eliphaz \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Can|strong="H1397"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w be|strong="H1397"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w use|strong="H5532"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* God? \w Can|strong="H1397"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* benefit \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 3 Does \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w delight|strong="H2656"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*? Does \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w profit|strong="H1215"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8552"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w Is|strong="H4941"\w* \w it|strong="H5973"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w your|strong="H5973"\w* \w reverence|strong="H3374"\w* that He \w rebukes|strong="H3198"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* enters \w into|strong="H4941"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w Is|strong="H5771"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*? \w Are|strong="H7227"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w endless|strong="H7093"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* needlessly demanded security from \w your|strong="H3588"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H6174"\w* deprived \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* of \w their|strong="H3588"\w* clothing.   
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\v 7 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8248"\w* \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w withheld|strong="H4513"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H8248"\w* \w famished|strong="H5889"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w while|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2220"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w honor|strong="H5375"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w You|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* widows \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w empty-handed|strong="H7387"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w strength|strong="H2220"\w* \w of|strong="H2220"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* was \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5439"\w* \w sudden|strong="H6597"\w* peril terrifies \w you|strong="H5921"\w*;   
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\v 11 \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Is|strong="H7218"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H7311"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*? \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w highest|strong="H8064"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w lofty|strong="H7311"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w*!   
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\v 13 Yet \w you|strong="H3045"\w* say: ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* God \w know|strong="H3045"\w*? \w Does|strong="H4100"\w* \w He|strong="H4100"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w thick|strong="H6205"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*?   
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\v 14 \w Thick|strong="H5645"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* veil \w Him|strong="H7200"\w* \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H1980"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* traverses \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w vault|strong="H2329"\w* \w of|strong="H8064"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w Will|strong="H4962"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w* stay \w on|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w ancient|strong="H5769"\w* path \w that|strong="H5769"\w* wicked \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w have|strong="H4962"\w* \w trod|strong="H1869"\w*?   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H3247"\w* \w snatched|strong="H7059"\w* \w away|strong="H3332"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H6256"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3247"\w* \w were|strong="H3247"\w* swept \w away|strong="H3332"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H5104"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H4100"\w* said \w to|strong="H4480"\w* God, ‘\w Depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H4480"\w*?’   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H4390"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w*; \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* stay \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H6662"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*; \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w mock|strong="H3932"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*:   
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\v 20 ‘\w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* our foes \w are|strong="H7009"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3582"\w*, \w and|strong="H3808"\w* fire has consumed \w their|strong="H3808"\w* excess.’   
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\v 21 \w Reconcile|strong="H5532"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H2896"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w at|strong="H5973"\w* \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*; thereby \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H2896"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.   
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\v 23 If \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w remove|strong="H7368"\w* \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* tents   
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\v 24 \w and|strong="H6083"\w* consign \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* Ophir \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w stones|strong="H6697"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ravines|strong="H5158"\w*,   
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\v 25 \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* finest \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H6440"\w* \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* God.   
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\v 27 \w You|strong="H7999"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w pray|strong="H6279"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Him|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* He \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7999"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7999"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H7999"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* decisions \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w be|strong="H1870"\w* \w carried|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w light|strong="H5050"\w* \w will|strong="H1870"\w* \w shine|strong="H5050"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* men \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w brought|strong="H3467"\w* \w low|strong="H8213"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say, ‘Lift \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H1466"\w*!’ \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w lowly|strong="H8213"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w He|strong="H3709"\w* \w will|strong="H5355"\w* \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* even \w one|strong="H4422"\w* who \w is|strong="H3709"\w* not \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*, rescuing \w him|strong="H4422"\w* through \w the|strong="H4422"\w* \w cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w your|strong="H4422"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4805"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w despite|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* groaning.   
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\v 3 If \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* where \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w Him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* go \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w seat|strong="H8499"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H6440"\w* would plead \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w arguments|strong="H8433"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w He|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w He|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Would|strong="H5978"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H7378"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H5978"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* note \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.   
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\v 7 Then \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* man could \w reason|strong="H3198"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3477"\w* \w be|strong="H5331"\w* \w delivered|strong="H6403"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w* \w from|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H5973"\w* \w Judge|strong="H8199"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*, \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H6924"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* west, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* find \w Him|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3225"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w*; \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w turns|strong="H5848"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w*, \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w taken|strong="H3318"\w*; \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3318"\w* tested \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* \w followed|strong="H7272"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w His|strong="H8104"\w* tracks; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w His|strong="H8104"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w turning|strong="H5186"\w* \w aside|strong="H5186"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w departed|strong="H4185"\w* \w from|strong="H4185"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* \w treasured|strong="H6845"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w words|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H6845"\w* daily bread.   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H7725"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* unchangeable, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* oppose \w Him|strong="H6213"\w*? \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* desires.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* carries out \w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w decree|strong="H2706"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*, \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w such|strong="H2007"\w* plans.   
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\v 15 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w terrified|strong="H6342"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*; \w when|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* consider \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w fear|strong="H6342"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 16 God \w has|strong="H3820"\w* made \w my|strong="H3820"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w faint|strong="H7401"\w*; \w the|strong="H3820"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* terrified \w me|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w silenced|strong="H6789"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* thick \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* reserve \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* judgment? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* those \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Him|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w His|strong="H3045"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*?   
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\v 2 \w Men|strong="H1367"\w* move boundary \w stones|strong="H5381"\w*; they \w pasture|strong="H7462"\w* stolen \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="H2254"\w* \w drive|strong="H5090"\w* \w away|strong="H5090"\w* \w the|strong="H2254"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w of|strong="H2543"\w* \w the|strong="H2254"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w and|strong="H7794"\w* \w take|strong="H2254"\w* \w the|strong="H2254"\w* widow’s \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* \w in|strong="H5090"\w* \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H1870"\w* \w push|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* needy off \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* force \w all|strong="H3162"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w poor|strong="H6035"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* land into \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w in|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* poor \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w* foraging \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*; \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w wasteland|strong="H4057"\w* \w is|strong="H3899"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w for|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w*.   
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\v 6 They \w gather|strong="H3953"\w* \w fodder|strong="H1098"\w* \w in|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H7114"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w glean|strong="H3953"\w* \w the|strong="H7114"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H7114"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Without|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, \w they|strong="H3830"\w* \w spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*; \w they|strong="H3830"\w* have \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w covering|strong="H3682"\w* \w against|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w cold|strong="H7135"\w*.   
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\v 8 Drenched \w by|strong="H2022"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w rains|strong="H2230"\w*, they huddle against \w the|strong="H2263"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w* \w for|strong="H6697"\w* \w want|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w shelter|strong="H4268"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H1497"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w infant|strong="H5764"\w* \w is|strong="H6041"\w* \w snatched|strong="H1497"\w* from \w the|strong="H1497"\w* \w breast|strong="H7699"\w*; \w the|strong="H1497"\w* \w nursing|strong="H5764"\w* \w child|strong="H5764"\w* \w of|strong="H7699"\w* \w the|strong="H1497"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w is|strong="H6041"\w* \w seized|strong="H1497"\w* \w for|strong="H6041"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w debt|strong="H2254"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Without|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, \w they|strong="H5375"\w* wander \w about|strong="H1980"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w*. \w They|strong="H5375"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sheaves|strong="H6016"\w*, but \w still|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w hungry|strong="H7456"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H7791"\w* crush olives within \w their|strong="H1869"\w* \w walls|strong="H7791"\w*; \w they|strong="H7791"\w* \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* \w the|strong="H1869"\w* \w winepresses|strong="H3342"\w*, \w but|strong="H3342"\w* \w go|strong="H1869"\w* \w thirsty|strong="H6770"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w From|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w groan|strong="H5008"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w souls|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w charges|strong="H7760"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* wrongdoing.   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* light, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* knowing \w its|strong="H5234"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w its|strong="H5234"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* daylight \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H7523"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w needy|strong="H6041"\w*; \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* he \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w adulterer|strong="H5003"\w* \w watches|strong="H8104"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*. Thinking, ‘\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*,’ \w he|strong="H3808"\w* covers \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w dig|strong="H2864"\w* \w through|strong="H2864"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*; \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w shut|strong="H2856"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w*, \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w experience|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* light.   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1242"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, \w deep|strong="H6757"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*; \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1091"\w* friends \w with|strong="H3162"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w of|strong="H6757"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6757"\w*!   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w foam|strong="H7031"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w turns|strong="H6437"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w As|strong="H1571"\w* \w drought|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* \w consume|strong="H1497"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* melting \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* steals those who \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H7665"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w forgets|strong="H7911"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w*; \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w worm|strong="H7415"\w* feeds \w on|strong="H6086"\w* \w them|strong="H7665"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w* \w is|strong="H7415"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* prey \w on|strong="H7462"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w barren|strong="H6135"\w* \w and|strong="H3205"\w* \w childless|strong="H6135"\w*, \w and|strong="H3205"\w* show \w no|strong="H3808"\w* kindness \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* widow.   
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\v 22 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w His|strong="H6965"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w drags|strong="H4900"\w* \w away|strong="H4900"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3581"\w*; though \w rising|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* assurance \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sense \w of|strong="H1870"\w* security, \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7426"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* moment, \w then|strong="H7218"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* gone; \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* \w brought|strong="H4355"\w* \w low|strong="H4355"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w gathered|strong="H7092"\w* \w up|strong="H7426"\w* \w like|strong="H7218"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* others; \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H7641"\w* cut \w off|strong="H5243"\w* \w like|strong="H7218"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w grain|strong="H7641"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w this|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w*, \w then|strong="H7760"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w prove|strong="H3576"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w liar|strong="H3576"\w* \w and|strong="H3808"\w* reduce \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*?”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H6030"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Dominion|strong="H4910"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w awe|strong="H6343"\w* belong \w to|strong="H6213"\w* God; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w establishes|strong="H6213"\w* harmony \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heights|strong="H4791"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H4791"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w troops|strong="H1416"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w numbered|strong="H4557"\w*? \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* light \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man be \w just|strong="H6663"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* God? \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* one \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* be \w pure|strong="H2135"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* shine, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pure|strong="H2141"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w how|strong="H3588"\w* much \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w maggot|strong="H7415"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worm|strong="H7415"\w*!”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* powerless \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w feeble|strong="H3808"\w*!   
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\v 3 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w counseled|strong="H3289"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w unwise|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w provided|strong="H3045"\w* fully \w sound|strong="H8454"\w* \w insight|strong="H8454"\w*!   
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\v 4 \w To|strong="H3318"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w uttered|strong="H5046"\w* \w these|strong="H5046"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*? \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w spirit|strong="H5397"\w* spoke \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*?   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w dead|strong="H7496"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2342"\w*—those \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* those who \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w* \w is|strong="H6174"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6174"\w* Abaddon \w has|strong="H7585"\w* no \w covering|strong="H3682"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w stretches|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w empty|strong="H8414"\w* \w space|strong="H8414"\w*; \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w hangs|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w nothing|strong="H8414"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w wraps|strong="H6887"\w* \w up|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w His|strong="H8478"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H8478"\w* own weight.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* covers \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* full moon, spreading \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H5973"\w* \w inscribed|strong="H2328"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* horizon \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w boundary|strong="H2706"\w* \w between|strong="H5973"\w* light \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H8064"\w* foundations \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* quake, \w astounded|strong="H8539"\w* \w at|strong="H8539"\w* His \w rebuke|strong="H1606"\w*.   
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\v 12 By \w His|strong="H3220"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w He|strong="H8394"\w* stirred \w the|strong="H4272"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*; by \w His|strong="H3220"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w He|strong="H8394"\w* \w shattered|strong="H4272"\w* \w Rahab|strong="H7293"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w By|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3027"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* skies \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w cleared|strong="H8235"\w*; \w His|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w pierced|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H1281"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w these|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w but|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w fringes|strong="H7098"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*; \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w faint|strong="H8102"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w whisper|strong="H8102"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Him|strong="H8085"\w*! \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w thunder|strong="H7482"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w*?”   
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\v 1 Job \w continued|strong="H3254"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w discourse|strong="H4912"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* surely \w as|strong="H5315"\w* God \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* deprived \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*—\w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w has|strong="H5315"\w* \w embittered|strong="H4843"\w* \w my|strong="H5493"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*—   
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\v 3 \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w within|strong="H5750"\w* \w me|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* God \w remains|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* nostrils,   
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\v 4 \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w*, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w utter|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceit|strong="H7423"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* say \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w are|strong="H4480"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w*; \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* maintain \w my|strong="H5493"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* cling \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H2388"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H7503"\w* \w go|strong="H7503"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w*, \w my|strong="H2388"\w* conscience \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* accuse \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* enemy \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w opponent|strong="H6965"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w unjust|strong="H5767"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w cut|strong="H1214"\w* \w off|strong="H1214"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* God \w takes|strong="H1214"\w* \w away|strong="H7953"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w Will|strong="H8085"\w* God \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w* comes \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Will|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* God \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w instruct|strong="H3384"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conceal|strong="H3582"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* ways \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Surely|strong="H2005"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w it|strong="H2088"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* keep \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w empty|strong="H1891"\w* talk?   
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\v 13 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w*’s \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* God—\w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w ruthless|strong="H6184"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.   
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\v 14 Though \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* destined \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w survivors|strong="H8300"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w plague|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H1058"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* widows \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H1058"\w* \w them|strong="H6912"\w*.   
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\v 16 Though \w he|strong="H3701"\w* \w heaps|strong="H2563"\w* \w up|strong="H6651"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w piles|strong="H6651"\w* \w up|strong="H6651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wardrobe \w like|strong="H3701"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*,   
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\v 17 \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w he|strong="H3701"\w* lays \w up|strong="H6662"\w*, \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w his|strong="H3559"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w be|strong="H6662"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w by|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*’s \w cocoon|strong="H5341"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hut|strong="H5521"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w by|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w watchman|strong="H5341"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w lies|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H6223"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*; \w when|strong="H7901"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w opens|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w all|strong="H7901"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w gone|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* \w him|strong="H1589"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w*; \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tempest|strong="H5492"\w* sweeps \w him|strong="H1589"\w* \w away|strong="H1589"\w* \w in|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3915"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* \w carries|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H8175"\w* \w is|strong="H4725"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*; \w it|strong="H5375"\w* sweeps \w him|strong="H5375"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* hurls itself \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w flees|strong="H1272"\w* \w headlong|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w claps|strong="H5606"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4725"\w* hisses \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3709"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mine|strong="H4161"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w refined|strong="H2212"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w is|strong="H1270"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w copper|strong="H5154"\w* \w is|strong="H1270"\w* \w smelted|strong="H6694"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* ore.   
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\v 3 \w Man|strong="H3605"\w* \w puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w to|strong="H7093"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* probes \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w farthest|strong="H7093"\w* \w recesses|strong="H8503"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* ore \w in|strong="H7760"\w* deepest \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Far|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* human \w habitation|strong="H1481"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* cuts \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shaft|strong="H5158"\w* \w in|strong="H1481"\w* places \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w by|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* man. \w Far|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* men \w he|strong="H4480"\w* dangles \w and|strong="H7272"\w* sways.   
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\v 5 \w Food|strong="H3899"\w* \w may|strong="H4480"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* earth, but \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H2015"\w* \w is|strong="H3899"\w* transformed \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w by|strong="H3318"\w* fire.   
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\v 6 Its rocks are \w the|strong="H4725"\w* \w source|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w sapphires|strong="H5601"\w*, containing flecks \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w bird|strong="H5861"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w prey|strong="H5861"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w path|strong="H5410"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* falcon’s \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7805"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Proud|strong="H7830"\w* \w beasts|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w trodden|strong="H1869"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w has|strong="H1121"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* prowled \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H7971"\w* miner strikes \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w flint|strong="H2496"\w*; \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w overturns|strong="H2015"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w at|strong="H2022"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w base|strong="H8328"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w hews|strong="H1234"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w channels|strong="H2975"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rocks|strong="H6697"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* spot \w every|strong="H3605"\w* treasure.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H3318"\w* stops \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* sources \w of|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w streams|strong="H5104"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H8587"\w* \w is|strong="H5104"\w* \w hidden|strong="H8587"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* light.   
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\v 12 But \w where|strong="H4725"\w* can \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w be|strong="H2451"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* understanding dwell?   
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\v 13 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H2416"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w value|strong="H6187"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land \w of|strong="H2416"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w ocean|strong="H8415"\w* \w depths|strong="H8415"\w* say, ‘\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*,’ \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* declares, ‘\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3220"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*.’   
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\v 15 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w bought|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H8478"\w* \w gold|strong="H5458"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w price|strong="H4242"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w valued|strong="H5541"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w* \w of|strong="H3800"\w* Ophir, \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w onyx|strong="H7718"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sapphire|strong="H5601"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w crystal|strong="H2137"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w compare|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6186"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w jewels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w fine|strong="H6337"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w exchanged|strong="H8545"\w* \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w it|strong="H6186"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Coral|strong="H7215"\w* \w and|strong="H2451"\w* quartz \w are|strong="H3808"\w* unworthy \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w mention|strong="H2142"\w*; \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w price|strong="H4901"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w is|strong="H2451"\w* \w beyond|strong="H3808"\w* \w rubies|strong="H6443"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Topaz|strong="H6357"\w* \w from|strong="H6186"\w* \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w compare|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6186"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H6186"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w valued|strong="H5541"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w gold|strong="H3800"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w From|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w*, \w then|strong="H2088"\w*, \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* come, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* understanding dwell?   
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\v 21 \w It|strong="H8064"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w thing|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w concealed|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 22 Abaddon \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w Death|strong="H4194"\w* say, ‘\w We|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H4194"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rumor \w about|strong="H8085"\w* it.’   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H1870"\w* God \w understands|strong="H3045"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w looks|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ends|strong="H7098"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* God fixed \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w measured|strong="H8505"\w* \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w limit|strong="H2706"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w thunderbolt|strong="H6963"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w then|strong="H1571"\w* \w He|strong="H1571"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* wisdom \w and|strong="H7200"\w* appraised \w it|strong="H7200"\w*; \w He|strong="H1571"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w searched|strong="H2713"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H2713"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="H2451"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* Lord, \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* understanding.’”   
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\v 1 \w And|strong="H3254"\w* Job \w continued|strong="H3254"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w discourse|strong="H4912"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w* \w gone|strong="H6924"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w*, \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*,   
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\v 3 \w when|strong="H1984"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w shone|strong="H1984"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,   
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\v 4 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w prime|strong="H2779"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w friendship|strong="H5475"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* God \w rested|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* tent,   
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\v 5 \w when|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w with|strong="H5978"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w my|strong="H5439"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H5288"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*,   
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\v 6 when \w my|strong="H7364"\w* \w steps|strong="H1978"\w* \w were|strong="H1978"\w* \w bathed|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H7364"\w* cream \w and|strong="H8081"\w* \w the|strong="H7364"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w poured|strong="H8081"\w* \w out|strong="H6694"\w* \w for|strong="H8081"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w* \w streams|strong="H6388"\w* \w of|strong="H6388"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*!   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H7176"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w seat|strong="H4186"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* public \w square|strong="H7339"\w*,   
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\v 8 \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* withdrew, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w old|strong="H3453"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* feet.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H7760"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w refrained|strong="H6113"\w* \w from|strong="H6113"\w* \w speaking|strong="H4405"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* covered \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w* \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H6963"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w nobles|strong="H5057"\w* \w were|strong="H6963"\w* \w hushed|strong="H2244"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H2244"\w* \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w stuck|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3956"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* roofs \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w their|strong="H2244"\w* mouths.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w called|strong="H5749"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* blessed, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* commended \w me|strong="H7200"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescued|strong="H4422"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w cried|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H4422"\w* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w helper|strong="H5826"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* dying \w man|strong="H3820"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1293"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* made \w the|strong="H5921"\w* widow’s \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w joy|strong="H7442"\w*.   
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\v 14 I \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w it|strong="H4941"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* \w me|strong="H4941"\w*; \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w was|strong="H4598"\w* \w my|strong="H4941"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w my|strong="H4941"\w* \w turban|strong="H6797"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w served|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* needy, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w took|strong="H3045"\w* up \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w case|strong="H7379"\w* \w of|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* stranger.   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H7665"\w* \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w fangs|strong="H4973"\w* \w of|strong="H8127"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w unjust|strong="H5767"\w* \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w snatched|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w from|strong="H7993"\w* \w his|strong="H7993"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H7235"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* thought: ‘\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7235"\w* \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7235"\w* \w my|strong="H7235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w My|strong="H6605"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* \w spread|strong="H6605"\w* \w out|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3885"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w will|strong="H4325"\w* rest nightly \w on|strong="H2919"\w* \w my|strong="H6605"\w* \w branches|strong="H7105"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w My|strong="H3027"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* ever \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w within|strong="H5978"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w renewed|strong="H2498"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.’   
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\v 21 Men \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w with|strong="H8085"\w* expectation, waiting \w silently|strong="H3926"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*; \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w speech|strong="H4405"\w* \w settled|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* dew.   
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\v 23 \w They|strong="H6310"\w* \w waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* me \w as|strong="H6310"\w* \w for|strong="H3176"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* drank \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H6473"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* like \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* showers.   
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\v 24 If \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w smiled|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w it|strong="H6440"\w*; \w the|strong="H6440"\w* light \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H6440"\w* \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* precious.   
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\v 25 \w I|strong="H1870"\w* chose \w their|strong="H1870"\w* \w course|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* presided \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*. \w So|strong="H3427"\w* \w I|strong="H1870"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5162"\w* \w troops|strong="H1416"\w*, \w as|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w comforter|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* mourners.   
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\v 1 “\w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w mock|strong="H7832"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, men \w younger|strong="H6810"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am, whose fathers \w I|strong="H3117"\w* would \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7896"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* use \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w since|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w vigor|strong="H3624"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w left|strong="H3581"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 3 \w Gaunt|strong="H1565"\w* from \w poverty|strong="H2639"\w* \w and|strong="H6723"\w* hunger, \w they|strong="H7722"\w* gnawed \w the|strong="H6207"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w land|strong="H6723"\w*, \w and|strong="H6723"\w* \w the|strong="H6207"\w* \w desolate|strong="H7722"\w* wasteland by night.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w plucked|strong="H6998"\w* \w mallow|strong="H4408"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w shrubs|strong="H7880"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w broom|strong="H7574"\w* \w tree|strong="H7574"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H4480"\w* banished \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w among|strong="H4480"\w* men, \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w*,   
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\v 6 so \w that|strong="H5158"\w* they \w lived|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* slopes \w of|strong="H5158"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* \w wadis|strong="H5158"\w*, \w among|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* \w rocks|strong="H3710"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w holes|strong="H2356"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H7931"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H7880"\w* cried out \w among|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w shrubs|strong="H7880"\w* \w and|strong="H8478"\w* huddled \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w nettles|strong="H2738"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* senseless \w and|strong="H1121"\w* nameless brood, \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* driven \w off|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* land.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* mock \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w song|strong="H5058"\w*; \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w byword|strong="H4405"\w* among \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w abhor|strong="H8581"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w keep|strong="H2820"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hesitate|strong="H2820"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w spit|strong="H7536"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* unstrung \w my|strong="H7971"\w* bow \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w cast|strong="H7971"\w* \w off|strong="H6440"\w* restraint \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* rabble \w arises|strong="H6965"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* snares \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w build|strong="H5549"\w* siege ramps \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* tear up \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w path|strong="H5410"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* \w from|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w destruction|strong="H1942"\w*, with \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* restrain \w them|strong="H3276"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H6556"\w* advance \w as|strong="H8478"\w* through \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wide|strong="H7342"\w* \w breach|strong="H6556"\w*; through \w the|strong="H8478"\w* ruins \w they|strong="H6556"\w* keep rolling \w in|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* \w are|strong="H1091"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w loose|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* drive \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* dignity \w as|strong="H2015"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H3444"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w poured|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*; \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* grip \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Night|strong="H3915"\w* \w pierces|strong="H5365"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w gnawing|strong="H6207"\w* \w pains|strong="H6106"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w With|strong="H6310"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w force|strong="H3581"\w* \w He|strong="H6310"\w* \w grasps|strong="H2664"\w* \w my|strong="H6310"\w* \w garment|strong="H3830"\w*; \w He|strong="H6310"\w* seizes me by \w the|strong="H6310"\w* \w collar|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H6310"\w* \w tunic|strong="H3801"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3384"\w* \w throws|strong="H3384"\w* me \w into|strong="H6083"\w* \w the|strong="H3384"\w* \w mud|strong="H2563"\w*, \w and|strong="H6083"\w* I have \w become|strong="H4911"\w* \w like|strong="H4911"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H7768"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w You|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; \w when|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*, \w You|strong="H3808"\w* merely look \w at|strong="H5975"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* ruthlessly \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w*; \w You|strong="H3027"\w* oppose \w me|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w Your|strong="H3027"\w* \w strong|strong="H6108"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w You|strong="H5375"\w* snatch me \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w into|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w and|strong="H7307"\w* drive me before \w it|strong="H5375"\w*; \w You|strong="H5375"\w* toss me \w about|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H7392"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* storm.   
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\v 23 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w stretches|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ruined \w man|strong="H3861"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* cries \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w help|strong="H7769"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w distress|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Have|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7186"\w*? \w Has|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w grieved|strong="H5701"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* needy?   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hoped|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w came|strong="H7451"\w*; \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w looked|strong="H6960"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* light, darkness fell.   
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\v 27 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am churning \w within|strong="H4578"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H1826"\w*; \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w confront|strong="H6923"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w about|strong="H1980"\w* blackened, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w sun|strong="H2535"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w for|strong="H7768"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w brother|strong="H7453"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w jackals|strong="H8577"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w companion|strong="H7453"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w ostriches|strong="H3284"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* grows \w black|strong="H7835"\w* \w and|strong="H5785"\w* peels, \w and|strong="H5785"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w burn|strong="H2787"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w fever|strong="H2721"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w harp|strong="H3658"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* tuned \w to|strong="H1961"\w* mourning \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w flute|strong="H5748"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*.   
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\v 1 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* gaze \w with|strong="H1285"\w* desire \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*?   
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\v 2 \w For|strong="H2506"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H4100"\w* \w allotment|strong="H2506"\w* \w of|strong="H5159"\w* God \w from|strong="H5159"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, \w or|strong="H2506"\w* \w the|strong="H4100"\w* \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w from|strong="H5159"\w* \w the|strong="H4100"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w on|strong="H4605"\w* \w high|strong="H4791"\w*?   
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\v 3 \w Does|strong="H6466"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w disaster|strong="H5235"\w* come \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w unjust|strong="H5767"\w* \w and|strong="H6466"\w* calamity \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w workers|strong="H6466"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5767"\w*?   
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\v 4 \w Does|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* step?   
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\v 5 If \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H7272"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H7723"\w* \w or|strong="H7723"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w has|strong="H7272"\w* rushed \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*,   
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\v 6 let God \w weigh|strong="H8254"\w* \w me|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w honest|strong="H6664"\w* \w scales|strong="H3976"\w*, \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w He|strong="H3045"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*.   
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\v 7 If \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w steps|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*, if \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w or|strong="H4480"\w* if impurity \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w stuck|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H5186"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*,   
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\v 8 then may another eat what I have \w sown|strong="H2232"\w*, \w and|strong="H2232"\w* may my \w crops|strong="H6631"\w* \w be|strong="H6631"\w* \w uprooted|strong="H8327"\w*.   
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\v 9 If \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* been \w enticed|strong="H6601"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w neighbor|strong="H7453"\w*’s wife, \w or|strong="H7453"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* lurked \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*,   
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\v 10 then may \w my|strong="H5921"\w* own wife \w grind|strong="H2912"\w* grain \w for|strong="H5921"\w* another, \w and|strong="H3766"\w* may other men sleep \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* would \w be|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w heinous|strong="H2154"\w* \w crime|strong="H2154"\w*, \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w to|strong="H5771"\w* \w be|strong="H1931"\w* judged.   
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\v 12 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* burns \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Abaddon; \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w root|strong="H8327"\w* \w out|strong="H8327"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w*.   
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\v 13 If \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w my|strong="H7378"\w* \w manservant|strong="H5650"\w* \w or|strong="H5650"\w* maidservant \w when|strong="H7378"\w* \w they|strong="H3988"\w* made \w a|strong="H3068"\w* complaint \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w me|strong="H5978"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* God \w rises|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w judge|strong="H6213"\w*? \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* called \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w account|strong="H6485"\w*?   
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\v 15 \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* same \w One|strong="H3808"\w* form \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*?   
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\v 16 If \w I|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w denied|strong="H4513"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* desires \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* \w or|strong="H1800"\w* allowed \w the|strong="H3615"\w* widow’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*,   
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\v 17 if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* eaten \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* \w alone|strong="H4480"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sharing \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*—   
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\v 18 \w though|strong="H3588"\w* from \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w reared|strong="H1431"\w* \w him|strong="H1431"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* would \w a|strong="H3068"\w* father, \w and|strong="H1431"\w* from \w my|strong="H3588"\w* mother’s womb \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w guided|strong="H5148"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* widow—   
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\v 19 \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1097"\w* perish \w for|strong="H3830"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1097"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* needy \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cloak,   
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\v 20 \w if|strong="H1288"\w* \w his|strong="H1288"\w* heart has \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w me|strong="H1288"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* warming \w him|strong="H1288"\w* \w with|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H1288"\w* \w fleece|strong="H1488"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3808"\w* \w sheep|strong="H3532"\w*,   
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\v 21 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5130"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w support|strong="H5833"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*,   
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\v 22 \w then|strong="H5307"\w* \w may|strong="H5307"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w arm|strong="H3802"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w my|strong="H7665"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w* \w and|strong="H5307"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* \w from|strong="H5307"\w* \w its|strong="H7665"\w* socket.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* calamity \w from|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* terrifies \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H6343"\w* \w His|strong="H3588"\w* splendor \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w overpower|strong="H3201"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* have \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w trust|strong="H4009"\w* \w in|strong="H7760"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H2091"\w* \w called|strong="H7760"\w* \w pure|strong="H3800"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w security|strong="H4009"\w*,   
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\v 25 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* gained \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w beheld|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* sun \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w its|strong="H3588"\w* radiance \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w moving|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w splendor|strong="H3368"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w so|strong="H6310"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w enticed|strong="H6601"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w threw|strong="H5401"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*,   
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\v 28 \w this|strong="H1931"\w* would \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w to|strong="H5771"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* judged, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w denied|strong="H3584"\w* God \w on|strong="H4605"\w* \w high|strong="H4605"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w enemy|strong="H8130"\w*’s \w ruin|strong="H7451"\w*, \w or|strong="H5782"\w* \w exulted|strong="H5782"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w befell|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*—   
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\v 30 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w asking|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* curse—   
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\v 31 if \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* \w of|strong="H7646"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* house \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* said, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* there \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w fill|strong="H7646"\w*?’—   
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\v 32 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w stranger|strong="H1616"\w* \w had|strong="H1817"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* \w on|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H6605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* has \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H2351"\w* traveler—   
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\v 33 if \w I|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w my|strong="H3680"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* \w like|strong="H6588"\w* Adam \w by|strong="H5771"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2934"\w* \w my|strong="H3680"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w in|strong="H6588"\w* \w my|strong="H3680"\w* heart,   
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\v 34 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7227"\w* \w feared|strong="H6206"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w crowds|strong="H1995"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* contempt \w of|strong="H4940"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w clans|strong="H4940"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2865"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w kept|strong="H1826"\w* \w silent|strong="H1826"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w would|strong="H7227"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w*—   
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\v 35 (\w Oh|strong="H4310"\w*, \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*! \w Here|strong="H2005"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w signature|strong="H8420"\w*. \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*; \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* accuser compose \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w indictment|strong="H5612"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* would \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H7926"\w* \w and|strong="H5375"\w* \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w I|strong="H7126"\w* would \w give|strong="H5046"\w* \w account|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w all|strong="H4557"\w* \w my|strong="H5046"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*; \w I|strong="H7126"\w* would \w approach|strong="H7126"\w* \w Him|strong="H5046"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prince|strong="H5057"\w*.)—   
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\v 38 if \w my|strong="H5921"\w* land \w cries|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1058"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*,   
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\v 39 if \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H1167"\w* devoured \w its|strong="H1167"\w* produce \w without|strong="H1097"\w* payment \w or|strong="H3701"\w* broken \w the|strong="H5301"\w* \w spirit|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H1167"\w* \w its|strong="H1167"\w* tenants,   
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\v 40 \w then|strong="H3318"\w* let briers \w grow|strong="H3318"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* stinkweed \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.” \w Thus|strong="H1697"\w* conclude \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* Job.   
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H6662"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* \w answering|strong="H6030"\w* Job, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w This|strong="H1121"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elihu \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barachel|strong="H1292"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Buzite, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ram|strong="H7410"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Job \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w justifying|strong="H6663"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* rather \w than|strong="H5921"\w* God,   
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\v 3 \w and|strong="H7969"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4672"\w* \w failed|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* refute \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H7969"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4672"\w* \w condemned|strong="H7561"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* Elihu \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w waited|strong="H2442"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w speak|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* Job \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w others|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* men \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w further|strong="H4617"\w* \w reply|strong="H6310"\w*, \w his|strong="H7200"\w* anger \w was|strong="H6310"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Elihu \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barachel|strong="H1292"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Buzite declared: “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* am \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*; \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* timid \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w tell|strong="H2331"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w know|strong="H1843"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w thought|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w age|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* there \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man, \w the|strong="H1931"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H1931"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, \w that|strong="H1931"\w* gives \w him|strong="H1931"\w* understanding.   
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\v 9 \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* only \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* elderly \w who|strong="H7227"\w* understand \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* say, ‘\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w*; \w I|strong="H3651"\w* too \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w declare|strong="H2331"\w* \w what|strong="H1843"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w know|strong="H1843"\w*.’   
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\v 11 \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w waited|strong="H3176"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w*; \w I|strong="H2005"\w* listened \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* reasoning; \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w searched|strong="H2713"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* paid \w you|strong="H5704"\w* full attention. \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* proved Job wrong; \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* rebutted \w his|strong="H4480"\w* arguments.   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H6435"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* claim, ‘\w We|strong="H6435"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H2451"\w*, refute \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.’   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* has \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w directed|strong="H6186"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w against|strong="H6186"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* arguments.   
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\v 15 \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*’s friends \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, \w with|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H6030"\w* \w say|strong="H4405"\w*; \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* escaped \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Must|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w*, \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5975"\w* silent, \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w reply|strong="H6030"\w*?   
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\v 17 \w I|strong="H1843"\w* too will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; yes, \w I|strong="H1843"\w* will \w declare|strong="H2331"\w* \w what|strong="H1843"\w* \w I|strong="H1843"\w* \w know|strong="H1843"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*, \w and|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* within \w me|strong="H3588"\w* compels \w me|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w my|strong="H6605"\w* belly \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w unvented|strong="H3808"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w about|strong="H2319"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w burst|strong="H1234"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* wineskin.   
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\v 20 I must \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* find \w relief|strong="H7304"\w*; I must \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w my|strong="H6605"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w respond|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w partial|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w flatter|strong="H3655"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w flatter|strong="H3655"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* remove \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* instant.   
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\v 1 “\w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Job, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w speech|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3956"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w my|strong="H6605"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; \w my|strong="H6605"\w* address \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w tip|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H6605"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w My|strong="H1847"\w* \w words|strong="H8193"\w* \w are|strong="H8193"\w* \w from|strong="H3820"\w* an \w upright|strong="H3476"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w my|strong="H1847"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w speak|strong="H4448"\w* \w sincerely|strong="H4448"\w* \w what|strong="H1847"\w* \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* God \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w gives|strong="H2421"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Refute|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w*; \w prepare|strong="H6186"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w case|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* confront \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w just|strong="H1571"\w* like \w you|strong="H1571"\w* before God; \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w was|strong="H6310"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w formed|strong="H7169"\w* \w from|strong="H1571"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Surely|strong="H2009"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* fear \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* should \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*; \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* hand \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w spoken|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H8085"\w* very \w words|strong="H4405"\w*:   
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\v 9 ‘\w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w clean|strong="H2134"\w*, \w with|strong="H5771"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Yet|strong="H4672"\w* God \w finds|strong="H4672"\w* \w occasions|strong="H8569"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*; \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w counts|strong="H2803"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* enemy.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w puts|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w in|strong="H7272"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w stocks|strong="H5465"\w*; \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w watches|strong="H8104"\w* \w over|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* paths.’   
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\v 12 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H6663"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* matter. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w greater|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w complain|strong="H7378"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w Him|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w answers|strong="H6030"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* asks?   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* way \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w notices|strong="H7789"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w vision|strong="H2384"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w deep|strong="H8639"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* men \w as|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w slumber|strong="H8572"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*,   
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\v 16 He \w opens|strong="H1540"\w* \w their|strong="H1540"\w* ears and terrifies \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w with|strong="H1540"\w* warnings   
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\v 17 \w to|strong="H5493"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* wrongdoing \w and|strong="H5493"\w* \w keep|strong="H3680"\w* him \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w pride|strong="H1466"\w*,   
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\v 18 \w to|strong="H5674"\w* preserve \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Pit|strong="H7845"\w* \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w perishing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sword|strong="H7973"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* man \w is|strong="H4341"\w* also \w chastened|strong="H3198"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w pain|strong="H4341"\w* \w and|strong="H7379"\w* constant distress \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*,   
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\v 20 so \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H5315"\w* detests his \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H3899"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w loathes|strong="H2092"\w* his \w favorite|strong="H8378"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w His|strong="H7200"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w wastes|strong="H3615"\w* \w away|strong="H3615"\w* \w from|strong="H7200"\w* \w sight|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* hidden \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* protrude.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H5315"\w* \w draws|strong="H7126"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* \w Pit|strong="H7845"\w*, \w and|strong="H7126"\w* \w his|strong="H7126"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7126"\w* messengers \w of|strong="H5315"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w if|strong="H3426"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* side, \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w mediator|strong="H3887"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thousand, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w what|strong="H3476"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w right|strong="H3476"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*,   
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\v 24 \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H7845"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* say, ‘\w Spare|strong="H6308"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w going|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w Pit|strong="H7845"\w*; \w I|strong="H4672"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w his|strong="H4672"\w* \w ransom|strong="H3724"\w*,’   
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\v 25 \w then|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* refreshed \w like|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5290"\w*’s; \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w returns|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w youth|strong="H5934"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w He|strong="H6440"\w* prays \w to|strong="H7725"\w* God \w and|strong="H7725"\w* finds \w favor|strong="H6440"\w*; \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* God’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w shouts|strong="H8643"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w joy|strong="H8643"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* God \w restores|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H7725"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* sings \w before|strong="H5921"\w* men \w with|strong="H5921"\w* these words: ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w perverted|strong="H5753"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3477"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*; \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* deserved.   
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\v 28 \w He|strong="H5315"\w* \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* down \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Pit|strong="H7845"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w to|strong="H5674"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* light.’   
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\v 29 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* God \w does|strong="H6466"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*, \w two|strong="H6471"\w* \w or|strong="H7969"\w* \w even|strong="H2005"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*,   
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\v 30 \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Pit|strong="H7845"\w*, \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* enlightened \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* light \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w*, Job, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*; be \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* something \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*, \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*; \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w up|strong="H7725"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H2654"\w* \w like|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* vindicate \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* if \w not|strong="H8085"\w*, \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H2451"\w*; \w be|strong="H2451"\w* \w quiet|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H2451"\w* \w I|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* teach \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Elihu \w continued|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w*; \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3045"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w of|strong="H8085"\w* learning.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ear tests \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w tastes|strong="H2938"\w* food.   
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\v 4 Let \w us|strong="H3045"\w* choose \w for|strong="H4941"\w* ourselves \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w*; let \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* together \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* Job \w has|strong="H3588"\w* declared, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* deprived \w me|strong="H5493"\w* \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Would|strong="H1097"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w case|strong="H4941"\w*? \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w wound|strong="H2671"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* incurable, though \w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*.’   
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\v 7 \w What|strong="H4310"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w like|strong="H3933"\w* Job, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w drinks|strong="H8354"\w* \w up|strong="H8354"\w* \w derision|strong="H3933"\w* \w like|strong="H3933"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3212"\w* keeps \w company|strong="H2274"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H6466"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* walks \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* men.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* said, ‘\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w profits|strong="H5532"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w delight|strong="H7521"\w* \w in|strong="H7521"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.’   
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\v 10 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H2486"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* men \w of|strong="H3824"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3824"\w*. \w Far|strong="H2486"\w* \w be|strong="H3824"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* God \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H7562"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* act \w unjustly|strong="H5766"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* according \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man’s \w deeds|strong="H6467"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w repays|strong="H7999"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*; according \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man’s ways \w He|strong="H3588"\w* brings consequences.   
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\v 12 \w Indeed|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* true \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w act|strong="H7561"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w*?   
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\v 14 \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w He|strong="H7760"\w* \w were|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* withdraw \w His|strong="H7760"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*,   
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\v 15 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w would|strong="H3162"\w* \w perish|strong="H1478"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w mankind|strong="H1320"\w* \w would|strong="H3162"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 16 If \w you|strong="H6963"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8085"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*; \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Could|strong="H4941"\w* \w one|strong="H6662"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w govern|strong="H2280"\w*? \w Will|strong="H6662"\w* \w you|strong="H8130"\w* \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w the|strong="H8130"\w* \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w* \w One|strong="H6662"\w*,   
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\v 18 \w who|strong="H4428"\w* says \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1100"\w*!’ \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w nobles|strong="H5081"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*,’   
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\v 19 \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w partial|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w rich|strong="H7771"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w an|strong="H5674"\w* \w instant|strong="H7281"\w*, \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* middle \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w The|strong="H5674"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* convulse \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*; \w the|strong="H5674"\w* mighty \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w human|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* step.   
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\v 22 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w no|strong="H6466"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w or|strong="H2822"\w* \w deep|strong="H6757"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w workers|strong="H6466"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* iniquity can \w hide|strong="H5641"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* need \w not|strong="H3808"\w* examine \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w further|strong="H5750"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* approach \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* shatters \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w inquiry|strong="H2714"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w sets|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* others \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w their|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w He|strong="H3651"\w* recognizes \w their|strong="H2015"\w* deeds; \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w overthrows|strong="H2015"\w* \w them|strong="H5234"\w* \w in|strong="H5234"\w* \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w are|strong="H3915"\w* \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w strikes|strong="H5606"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* wickedness \w in|strong="H4725"\w* full \w view|strong="H7200"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w had|strong="H7919"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w regard|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* come \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w outcry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* remains silent, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*? \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w hides|strong="H5641"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w see|strong="H7789"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*? \w Yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* watches \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w both|strong="H3162"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*,   
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\v 30 \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* should \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w or|strong="H5971"\w* lay \w snares|strong="H4170"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Suppose|strong="H3588"\w* someone says \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w endured|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* punishment; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w offend|strong="H2254"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w me|strong="H3254"\w* what \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H2372"\w*; if \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* \w it|strong="H3254"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*.’   
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\v 33 \w Should|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w terms|strong="H1696"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* disavowed \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* choose, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*; \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Men|strong="H2450"\w* \w of|strong="H3824"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3824"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* \w declare|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H1397"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* say:   
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\v 35 ‘\w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w speaks|strong="H1696"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*; \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* lack \w insight|strong="H7919"\w*.’   
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\v 36 If \w only|strong="H5704"\w* Job \w were|strong="H5921"\w* tried \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* utmost \w for|strong="H5704"\w* answering \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wicked man.   
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\v 37 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w adds|strong="H3254"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H6588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w claps|strong="H5606"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* hands \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w multiplies|strong="H7235"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* words \w against|strong="H5921"\w* God.”   
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\v 1 \w And|strong="H6030"\w* Elihu went on \w to|strong="H6030"\w* say:   
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\v 2 “Do \w you|strong="H6664"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w just|strong="H6664"\w*? \w You|strong="H6664"\w* say, ‘I am more \w righteous|strong="H6664"\w* than God.’   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ask, ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* \w me|strong="H4100"\w*, \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w benefit|strong="H3276"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gain|strong="H3276"\w* apart \w from|strong="H2403"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*?’   
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\v 4 I \w will|strong="H7453"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* \w well|strong="H5973"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; \w gaze|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w high|strong="H1361"\w* \w above|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w*? \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w multiply|strong="H7231"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w*?   
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\v 7 If \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?   
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\v 8 \w Your|strong="H6666"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* affects only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* yourself, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6666"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Men|strong="H7227"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* under \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w oppression|strong="H6217"\w*; \w they|strong="H6217"\w* plead \w for|strong="H7768"\w* relief \w from|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7227"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H7227"\w* \w mighty|strong="H7227"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* asks, ‘\w Where|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w*, \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w gives|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w songs|strong="H2158"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*,   
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\v 11 who teaches \w us|strong="H2449"\w* more than \w the|strong="H8064"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w makes|strong="H2449"\w* \w us|strong="H2449"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w* than \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H8064"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w*?’   
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\v 12 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Surely|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w empty|strong="H7723"\w* pleas, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* take note \w of|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w How|strong="H3588"\w* much \w less|strong="H3588"\w*, \w then|strong="H3588"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7789"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w case|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w wait|strong="H7789"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*,   
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\v 15 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* further, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w His|strong="H3045"\w* anger \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punished|strong="H6485"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* taken \w much|strong="H3966"\w* \w notice|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3045"\w* folly!   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H1097"\w* Job \w opens|strong="H6475"\w* \w his|strong="H6310"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w in|strong="H6310"\w* \w vain|strong="H1892"\w* \w and|strong="H1892"\w* \w multiplies|strong="H3527"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w And|strong="H3254"\w* Elihu \w continued|strong="H3254"\w*:   
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\v 2 “Bear \w with|strong="H3803"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H2191"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5750"\w* \w show|strong="H2331"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* there \w is|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w said|strong="H4405"\w* \w on|strong="H4405"\w* God’s behalf.   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* get \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1843"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H6664"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w ascribe|strong="H5414"\w* \w justice|strong="H6664"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6466"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w are|strong="H5973"\w* \w free|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*; \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* \w in|strong="H8549"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1844"\w* \w is|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w despises|strong="H3988"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3524"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H5414"\w* grants \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H1639"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w off|strong="H1639"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* enthrones \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* exalts \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H6040"\w* if men \w are|strong="H2256"\w* bound with \w chains|strong="H2131"\w*, \w caught|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3920"\w* \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H2256"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*,   
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\v 9 \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w tells|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w deeds|strong="H6467"\w* \w and|strong="H5046"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w arrogantly|strong="H1396"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* transgressed.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w opens|strong="H1540"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* ears \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w correction|strong="H4148"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* commands \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* iniquity.   
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\v 11 If \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Him|strong="H5647"\w*, \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w happiness|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* if \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*, \w then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w perish|strong="H1478"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sword|strong="H7973"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w godless|strong="H2611"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* harbor resentment; \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* binds \w them|strong="H7760"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H7768"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H4191"\w* \w youth|strong="H5290"\w*, among \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w male|strong="H6945"\w* shrine \w prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w*.   
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\v 15 God \w rescues|strong="H2502"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* \w by|strong="H1540"\w* \w their|strong="H1540"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w opens|strong="H1540"\w* \w their|strong="H1540"\w* ears \w in|strong="H6041"\w* \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Indeed|strong="H3808"\w*, \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w drew|strong="H4390"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w jaws|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* spacious \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w broad|strong="H7338"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*, \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* richness.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H7563"\w* now you \w are|strong="H7563"\w* laden \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w due|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*; \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w have|strong="H7563"\w* seized you.   
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\v 18 \w Be|strong="H3588"\w* careful \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6435"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* lures \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H2534"\w* riches; do \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w let|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w bribe|strong="H3724"\w* lead \w you|strong="H3588"\w* astray.   
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\v 19 \w Can|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealth|strong="H3581"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H3581"\w* \w effort|strong="H3581"\w* \w keep|strong="H6186"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6186"\w* distress?   
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\v 20 Do \w not|strong="H5971"\w* \w long|strong="H7602"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w when|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w vanish|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H8478"\w* homes.   
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\v 21 \w Be|strong="H3588"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* iniquity, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H6437"\w* preferred \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w* \w in|strong="H3384"\w* \w His|strong="H3384"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w teacher|strong="H3384"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w Him|strong="H3384"\w*?   
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\v 23 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w or|strong="H1870"\w* told \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5766"\w*’?   
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\v 24 \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w magnify|strong="H7679"\w* \w His|strong="H2142"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w*, \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H7891"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w praised|strong="H7891"\w* \w in|strong="H2142"\w* \w song|strong="H7891"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* mankind \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w*; \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w behold|strong="H2372"\w* \w it|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Indeed|strong="H2005"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H8141"\w* \w great|strong="H7689"\w*—\w beyond|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*; \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w His|strong="H3045"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w is|strong="H8141"\w* \w unsearchable|strong="H2714"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w draws|strong="H1639"\w* up \w drops|strong="H5198"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w distill|strong="H2212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w from|strong="H1639"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* mist,   
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\v 28 \w which|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w* \w pour|strong="H5140"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7227"\w* shower \w abundantly|strong="H7227"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* mankind.   
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\v 29 Furthermore, who can understand how the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* spread out, how the thunder roars from \w His|strong="H5645"\w* \w pavilion|strong="H5521"\w*?   
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\v 30 \w See|strong="H2005"\w* how \w He|strong="H5921"\w* scatters \w His|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w depths|strong="H8328"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H5971"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w judges|strong="H1777"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w provides|strong="H5414"\w* food \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w abundance|strong="H4342"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* fills \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w and|strong="H3709"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w strike|strong="H6293"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w mark|strong="H6293"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* thunder \w declares|strong="H5046"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w*; \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w regard|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* storm.   
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\v 1 “\w At|strong="H2729"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w my|strong="H5425"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w also|strong="H3820"\w* \w pounds|strong="H2729"\w* \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w leaps|strong="H5425"\w* \w from|strong="H3820"\w* its \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w closely|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w rumbling|strong="H1899"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* unleashes \w His|strong="H3605"\w* lightning \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* sends \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ends|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* there comes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w roaring|strong="H7580"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w*; \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w thunders|strong="H7481"\w* \w with|strong="H8085"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w majestic|strong="H1347"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w restrain|strong="H6117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* lightning \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* resounds.   
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\v 5 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w thunders|strong="H7481"\w* \w wondrously|strong="H6381"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w His|strong="H3045"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*; \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w comprehend|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* says \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*, ‘\w Fall|strong="H1933"\w* on \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth,’ \w and|strong="H5797"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gentle \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, ‘Pour out \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H5797"\w* \w downpour|strong="H4306"\w*.’   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w seals|strong="H2856"\w* \w up|strong="H2856"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H1119"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* enter their lairs; they \w settle|strong="H7931"\w* \w down|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* their \w dens|strong="H4585"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w tempest|strong="H5492"\w* comes \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w its|strong="H4480"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*, \w and|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cold|strong="H7135"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* driving \w north|strong="H4215"\w* winds.   
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\v 10 \w By|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w ice|strong="H7140"\w* \w is|strong="H4325"\w* formed \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* watery expanses \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w frozen|strong="H4164"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w He|strong="H7377"\w* \w loads|strong="H2959"\w* \w the|strong="H6327"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w with|strong="H6051"\w* \w moisture|strong="H7377"\w*; \w He|strong="H7377"\w* \w scatters|strong="H6327"\w* \w His|strong="H5645"\w* lightning \w through|strong="H6327"\w* \w them|strong="H6327"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* swirl \w about|strong="H5921"\w*, whirling \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w direction|strong="H6440"\w*, accomplishing \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.   
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\v 13 Whether \w for|strong="H2617"\w* punishment or \w for|strong="H2617"\w* \w His|strong="H4672"\w* land, He accomplishes \w this|strong="H2617"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w His|strong="H4672"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*.   
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\v 14 Listen \w to|strong="H5975"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Job; \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* consider \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w* \w of|strong="H6381"\w* God.   
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\v 15 Do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* God dispatches \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w or|strong="H3045"\w* \w makes|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w flash|strong="H3313"\w*?   
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\v 16 Do \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* float, \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w wonders|strong="H4652"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H8549"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*?   
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\v 17 You whose clothes get \w hot|strong="H2525"\w* when \w the|strong="H8252"\w* land lies hushed under \w the|strong="H8252"\w* \w south|strong="H1864"\w* wind,   
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\v 18 can \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w Him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w spread|strong="H7554"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w skies|strong="H7834"\w*, \w as|strong="H5973"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mirror|strong="H7209"\w* \w of|strong="H7834"\w* bronze?   
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\v 19 \w Teach|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w draw|strong="H6186"\w* \w up|strong="H6186"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* case \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Should|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*? Would \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man ask \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H7307"\w* \w gaze|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* sun \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* bright \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w skies|strong="H7834"\w* \w after|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w swept|strong="H5674"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w He|strong="H5921"\w* comes \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w splendor|strong="H1935"\w*; \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1935"\w* surrounds \w Him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H4672"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w beyond|strong="H3808"\w* \w our|strong="H6031"\w* reach; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7689"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*! \w In|strong="H4672"\w* \w His|strong="H3808"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w oppress|strong="H6031"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w Him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* partial \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H2450"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* obscures \w My|strong="H2088"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w by|strong="H6098"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*?   
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\v 3 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* brace \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*; \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1397"\w* \w question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w shall|strong="H3045"\w* \w inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H4994"\w*.   
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\v 4 Where \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w laid|strong="H3245"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* \w of|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* earth? \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* understanding.   
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\v 5 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* fixed \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w measurements|strong="H4461"\w*? \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*! \w Or|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w measuring|strong="H6957"\w* \w line|strong="H6957"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* foundations \w set|strong="H2883"\w*, \w or|strong="H4310"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w laid|strong="H3384"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="H6438"\w*,   
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\v 7 while \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w sang|strong="H7442"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w for|strong="H7442"\w* \w joy|strong="H7442"\w*?   
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\v 8 Who enclosed \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* behind \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3318"\w* \w burst|strong="H1518"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*,   
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\v 9 \w when|strong="H6051"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w its|strong="H7760"\w* \w garment|strong="H3830"\w* \w and|strong="H6051"\w* \w thick|strong="H6205"\w* \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* \w its|strong="H7760"\w* blanket,   
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\v 10 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w fixed|strong="H2706"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w boundaries|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \w and|strong="H2706"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*,   
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\v 11 \w and|strong="H3254"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* declared: ‘\w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H3254"\w* come this \w far|strong="H5704"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w farther|strong="H3254"\w*; \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w*’?   
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\v 12 \w In|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* assigned \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w that|strong="H4480"\w* it might \w spread|strong="H3671"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w ends|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* earth \w and|strong="H3671"\w* \w shake|strong="H5287"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* wicked \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* it?   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H2015"\w* earth takes shape \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w clay|strong="H2563"\w* under \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w seal|strong="H2368"\w*; \w its|strong="H2015"\w* hills \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* out \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w the|strong="H2015"\w* folds \w of|strong="H2563"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w garment|strong="H3830"\w*.   
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\v 15 Light \w is|strong="H2220"\w* \w withheld|strong="H4513"\w* \w from|strong="H4513"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* wicked, \w and|strong="H7665"\w* \w their|strong="H7665"\w* upraised \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w is|strong="H2220"\w* \w broken|strong="H7665"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Have|strong="H8415"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w journeyed|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* vents \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* trenches \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w*?   
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\v 17 \w Have|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w been|strong="H4194"\w* \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w*? \w Have|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w Have|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* surveyed \w the|strong="H3605"\w* extent \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth? \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Me|strong="H5046"\w*, if \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Where|strong="H4725"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* light? \w Do|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H4725"\w* know \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* resides,   
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\v 20 \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* lead \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H3947"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*? Do \w you|strong="H3588"\w* know \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H3947"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* already \w born|strong="H3205"\w*! \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*!   
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\v 22 \w Have|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* entered \w the|strong="H7200"\w* storehouses \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w observed|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* storehouses \w of|strong="H7200"\w* \w hail|strong="H1259"\w*,   
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\v 23 \w which|strong="H4421"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w hold|strong="H2820"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* reserve \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6862"\w*, \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*?   
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\v 24 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lightning \w dispersed|strong="H6327"\w*, \w or|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H6921"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* earth?   
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\v 25 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* cuts \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w channel|strong="H8585"\w* \w for|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w flood|strong="H7858"\w* \w or|strong="H1870"\w* clears \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w for|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w thunderbolt|strong="H6963"\w*,   
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\v 26 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H4305"\w* \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* barren land, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* man lives,   
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\v 27 \w to|strong="H7646"\w* \w satisfy|strong="H7646"\w* \w the|strong="H7646"\w* parched wasteland \w and|strong="H7646"\w* \w make|strong="H6779"\w* it \w sprout|strong="H6779"\w* \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w tender|strong="H1877"\w* \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*?   
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\v 28 \w Does|strong="H3426"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w begotten|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* drops \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*?   
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\v 29 \w From|strong="H3318"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* womb does \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w ice|strong="H7140"\w* \w emerge|strong="H3318"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w gives|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w frost|strong="H7140"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,   
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\v 30 when \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* become \w hard|strong="H2244"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* stone \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w frozen|strong="H3920"\w*?   
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\v 31 Can \w you|strong="H6605"\w* \w bind|strong="H7194"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w chains|strong="H4575"\w* \w of|strong="H4189"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w* or \w loosen|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* belt \w of|strong="H4189"\w* \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*?   
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\v 32 \w Can|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* constellations \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w seasons|strong="H6256"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w lead|strong="H5148"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bear|strong="H5906"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* cubs?   
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\v 33 Do \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* laws \w of|strong="H2708"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*? \w Can|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4896"\w* \w over|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*?   
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\v 34 Can \w you|strong="H6963"\w* command \w the|strong="H3680"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w so|strong="H7311"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flood|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w covers|strong="H3680"\w* \w you|strong="H6963"\w*?   
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\v 35 Can \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* bolts \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w*? Do they report \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, ‘\w Here|strong="H2005"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* are’?   
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\v 36 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H7907"\w* \w or|strong="H4310"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* understanding \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w mind|strong="H7907"\w*?   
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\v 37 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H8064"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w clouds|strong="H7834"\w*? \w Or|strong="H5608"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* tilt \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w water|strong="H5035"\w* \w jars|strong="H5035"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w the|strong="H5608"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*   
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\v 38 when \w the|strong="H3332"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w hardens|strong="H3332"\w* \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mass|strong="H4165"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w the|strong="H3332"\w* \w clods|strong="H7263"\w* \w of|strong="H6083"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w* \w stick|strong="H1692"\w* \w together|strong="H1692"\w*?   
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\v 39 Can you \w hunt|strong="H6679"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w* \w for|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w* \w or|strong="H2416"\w* \w satisfy|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* hunger \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*   
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\v 40 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w crouch|strong="H7817"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w dens|strong="H4585"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* lie \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* thicket?   
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\v 41 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w provides|strong="H3559"\w* \w food|strong="H6718"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w raven|strong="H6158"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w cry|strong="H7768"\w* \w out|strong="H7768"\w* \w to|strong="H3559"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* \w about|strong="H1097"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H3206"\w* \w food|strong="H6718"\w*?   
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\v 1 “\w Do|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w mountain|strong="H3277"\w* \w goats|strong="H3277"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*? \w Have|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* doe \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w her|strong="H3045"\w* fawn?   
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\v 2 \w Can|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* pregnant? Do \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*?   
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\v 3 They \w crouch|strong="H3766"\w* \w down|strong="H3766"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H6398"\w* \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w*; they \w deliver|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* newborn.   
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\v 4 \w Their|strong="H7725"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* thrive \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grow|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* open field; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w released|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w swift|strong="H6171"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* harness?   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H6160"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w salt|strong="H4420"\w* flats \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w scorns|strong="H7832"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w* \w of|strong="H1995"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w shouts|strong="H8663"\w* \w of|strong="H1995"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w driver|strong="H5065"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* roams \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*, \w searching|strong="H1875"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H3387"\w* \w thing|strong="H3387"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Will|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wild|strong="H7214"\w* \w ox|strong="H7214"\w* consent \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Will|strong="H5647"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* manger \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w*?   
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\v 10 Can \w you|strong="H7214"\w* hold him \w to|strong="H7194"\w* \w the|strong="H7194"\w* \w furrow|strong="H8525"\w* \w with|strong="H7194"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* harness? Will he plow \w the|strong="H7194"\w* \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w* behind \w you|strong="H7214"\w*?   
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\v 11 Can \w you|strong="H3588"\w* rely on \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*? \w Will|strong="H7227"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* hard \w work|strong="H3018"\w* \w to|strong="H3581"\w* \w him|strong="H5800"\w*?   
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\v 12 \w Can|strong="H2233"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w grain|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* gather \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*?   
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\v 13 The \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H3671"\w* the \w ostrich|strong="H5133"\w* \w flap|strong="H5965"\w* joyfully, but cannot match the pinions \w and|strong="H3671"\w* \w feathers|strong="H5133"\w* \w of|strong="H3671"\w* the \w stork|strong="H2624"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w leaves|strong="H5800"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w eggs|strong="H1000"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* lets \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sand.   
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\v 15 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w forgets|strong="H7911"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w may|strong="H7272"\w* \w crush|strong="H2115"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*, \w or|strong="H7704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w may|strong="H7272"\w* \w trample|strong="H1758"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w treats|strong="H7188"\w* \w her|strong="H7188"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* harshly, \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w her|strong="H7188"\w* own, \w with|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* concern \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H7188"\w* \w labor|strong="H3018"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w vain|strong="H7385"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w deprived|strong="H5382"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H2451"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* endowed \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3588"\w* understanding.   
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\v 18 \w Yet|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w she|strong="H4754"\w* \w proudly|strong="H4791"\w* spreads her wings, \w she|strong="H4754"\w* \w laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H7832"\w* \w the|strong="H6256"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H5483"\w* its \w rider|strong="H7392"\w*.   
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\v 19 Do \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w or|strong="H5483"\w* adorn \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w neck|strong="H6677"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mane|strong="H7483"\w*?   
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\v 20 Do you make him \w leap|strong="H7493"\w* \w like|strong="H7493"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* locust, striking terror with his proud \w snorting|strong="H5170"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w paws|strong="H2658"\w* \w in|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w rejoices|strong="H7797"\w* \w in|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*; \w he|strong="H3318"\w* charges \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w battle|strong="H5402"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w laughs|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*, frightened \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*; \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* quiver \w rattles|strong="H7439"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* side, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flashing|strong="H3851"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H2595"\w* \w lance|strong="H3591"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Trembling|strong="H7494"\w* \w with|strong="H6963"\w* excitement, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* devours \w the|strong="H3588"\w* distance; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* stand \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w sounds|strong="H6963"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w At|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H7306"\w* \w blast|strong="H8643"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H7306"\w* \w horn|strong="H7782"\w*, he snorts \w with|strong="H4421"\w* fervor. He catches \w the|strong="H7306"\w* scent \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*, \w the|strong="H7306"\w* \w shouts|strong="H8643"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H7306"\w* \w cry|strong="H8643"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 26 Does \w the|strong="H6566"\w* \w hawk|strong="H5322"\w* take flight by \w your|strong="H6566"\w* understanding \w and|strong="H3671"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w his|strong="H6566"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w toward|strong="H6566"\w* \w the|strong="H6566"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*?   
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\v 27 Does \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* soar \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w make|strong="H7311"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w nest|strong="H7064"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H7311"\w*?   
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\v 28 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w dwells|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cliff|strong="H5553"\w* \w and|strong="H8127"\w* \w lodges|strong="H3885"\w* \w there|strong="H3885"\w*; \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w stronghold|strong="H4686"\w* is \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rocky|strong="H5553"\w* \w crag|strong="H8127"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w From|strong="H5869"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w spies|strong="H2658"\w* \w out|strong="H2658"\w* food; \w his|strong="H5869"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H5027"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w His|strong="H1931"\w* young ones feast \w on|strong="H2491"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* \w are|strong="H2491"\w*, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Job:   
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\v 2 “Will \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w faultfinder|strong="H3250"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*? Let \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w who|strong="H3198"\w* argues \w with|strong="H5973"\w* God \w give|strong="H6030"\w* \w an|strong="H6030"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 4 “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w insignificant|strong="H7043"\w*. \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w You|strong="H7725"\w*? \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w once|strong="H3254"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*—\w twice|strong="H8147"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*:   
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\v 7 “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* brace \w yourself|strong="H3045"\w* like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*; \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H1397"\w* \w question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w shall|strong="H3045"\w* \w inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H4994"\w*.   
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\v 8 Would \w you|strong="H6663"\w* really \w annul|strong="H6565"\w* \w My|strong="H6565"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*? Would \w you|strong="H6663"\w* \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* \w Me|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H4616"\w* \w justify|strong="H6663"\w* yourself?   
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\v 9 Do \w you|strong="H3644"\w* \w have|strong="H2220"\w* \w an|strong="H3644"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* God’s? \w Can|strong="H2220"\w* \w you|strong="H3644"\w* \w thunder|strong="H6963"\w* \w with|strong="H6963"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* His?   
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\v 10 Then \w adorn|strong="H5710"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3847"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1926"\w* \w and|strong="H1935"\w* \w splendor|strong="H1926"\w*, \w and|strong="H1935"\w* \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3847"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w honor|strong="H1935"\w* \w and|strong="H1935"\w* \w glory|strong="H1935"\w*.   
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\v 11 Unleash \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fury|strong="H5678"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*; \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w bring|strong="H8213"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w low|strong="H8213"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1343"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*; trample \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w stand|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Bury|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; \w imprison|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* grave.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w can|strong="H3225"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H6213"\w* Behemoth, \w which|strong="H2682"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* feeds \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w ox|strong="H1241"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w of|strong="H3581"\w* \w his|strong="H2009"\w* \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* \w and|strong="H4975"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w in|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H2009"\w* \w muscles|strong="H8306"\w* \w of|strong="H3581"\w* \w his|strong="H2009"\w* belly.   
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\v 17 \w His|strong="H2654"\w* \w tail|strong="H2180"\w* sways \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cedar; \w the|strong="H3644"\w* \w sinews|strong="H1517"\w* \w of|strong="H3644"\w* \w his|strong="H2654"\w* \w thighs|strong="H6344"\w* \w are|strong="H6344"\w* tightly \w knit|strong="H8276"\w*.   
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\v 18 His \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* tubes \w of|strong="H6106"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5154"\w*; his \w limbs|strong="H1634"\w* \w are|strong="H6106"\w* rods \w of|strong="H6106"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w foremost|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* God’s \w works|strong="H6213"\w*; only \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w draw|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w against|strong="H2719"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w yield|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* produce, \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w play|strong="H7832"\w* nearby.   
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\v 21 \w He|strong="H8478"\w* \w lies|strong="H7901"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w lotus|strong="H6628"\w* \w plants|strong="H6628"\w*, \w hidden|strong="H5643"\w* \w among|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w reeds|strong="H7070"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w marsh|strong="H1207"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H5437"\w* \w lotus|strong="H6628"\w* \w plants|strong="H6628"\w* \w conceal|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H5526"\w* \w in|strong="H5437"\w* \w their|strong="H5437"\w* shade; \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w willows|strong="H6155"\w* \w of|strong="H5158"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w surround|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H5526"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w rages|strong="H6231"\w*, Behemoth \w is|strong="H6310"\w* unafraid; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* remains secure, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* surges \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Can|strong="H3947"\w* anyone \w capture|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3947"\w* \w looks|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5869"\w*, or \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* nose \w with|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H4170"\w*?   
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\v 1 “\w Can|strong="H4758"\w* \w you|strong="H1571"\w* pull \w in|strong="H1571"\w* Leviathan \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hook \w or|strong="H1571"\w* tie \w down|strong="H2904"\w* \w his|strong="H1571"\w* tongue \w with|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rope?   
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\v 2 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cord \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* nose \w or|strong="H3808"\w* pierce \w his|strong="H6440"\w* jaw \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hook?   
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\v 3 \w Will|strong="H4310"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* beg \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* mercy \w or|strong="H4310"\w* speak \w to|strong="H8064"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* softly?   
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\v 4 \w Will|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H2790"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covenant \w with|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* take \w him|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* slave \w for|strong="H3808"\w* life?   
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\v 5 \w Can|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* pet \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bird \w or|strong="H4310"\w* put \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leash \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* maidens?   
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\v 6 \w Will|strong="H4310"\w* traders barter \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H4310"\w* divide \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* merchants?   
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\v 7 Can you fill \w his|strong="H5462"\w* hide with harpoons \w or|strong="H4043"\w* \w his|strong="H5462"\w* head with fishing spears?   
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\v 8 If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* lay \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hand \w on|strong="H3808"\w* him, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* remember \w the|strong="H5066"\w* battle \w and|strong="H5066"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* repeat \w it|strong="H3808"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* hope \w of|strong="H3808"\w* overcoming \w him|strong="H1692"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Is|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* sight \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H1692"\w* overwhelming?   
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\v 10 No one \w is|strong="H5869"\w* so fierce \w as|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* rouse Leviathan. Then who \w is|strong="H5869"\w* able \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w stand|strong="H5869"\w* \w against|strong="H5869"\w* \w Me|strong="H5869"\w*?   
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\v 11 \w Who|strong="H1980"\w* \w has|strong="H6310"\w* given \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Me|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H4422"\w* \w I|strong="H1980"\w* \w should|strong="H1980"\w* repay \w him|strong="H4422"\w*? Everything under heaven \w is|strong="H6310"\w* Mine.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H3318"\w* cannot keep silent \w about|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* limbs, \w his|strong="H3318"\w* power \w and|strong="H3318"\w* graceful form.   
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\v 13 \w Who|strong="H5315"\w* can strip \w off|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3318"\w* outer coat? \w Who|strong="H5315"\w* can approach \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bridle?   
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\v 14 Who can \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* jaws, ringed \w by|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* fearsome teeth?   
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\v 15 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* rows \w of|strong="H5921"\w* scales \w are|strong="H1077"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* pride, tightly sealed \w together|strong="H1692"\w*.   
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\v 16 One scale \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w so|strong="H3644"\w* near \w to|strong="H3820"\w* another \w that|strong="H3820"\w* \w no|strong="H3332"\w* air can pass between them.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H7667"\w* are joined \w to|strong="H1481"\w* one another; \w they|strong="H7667"\w* clasp \w and|strong="H2398"\w* cannot be separated.   
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\v 18 \w His|strong="H6965"\w* snorting flashes \w with|strong="H6965"\w* light, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H6965"\w* eyes \w are|strong="H2719"\w* like \w the|strong="H6965"\w* rays \w of|strong="H2719"\w* dawn.   
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\v 19 Firebrands stream \w from|strong="H6086"\w* \w his|strong="H2803"\w* mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!   
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\v 20 Smoke billows \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* nostrils \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boiling pot \w over|strong="H2015"\w* burning reeds.   
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\v 21 \w His|strong="H2803"\w* breath sets coals ablaze, \w and|strong="H7494"\w* flames pour from \w his|strong="H2803"\w* mouth.   
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\v 22 Strength resides \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* neck, \w and|strong="H5921"\w* dismay leaps \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H7760"\w* folds \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* flesh are tightly joined; \w they|strong="H7760"\w* are firm \w and|strong="H3220"\w* immovable.   
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\v 24 \w His|strong="H2803"\w* chest \w is|strong="H8415"\w* \w as|strong="H2803"\w* hard \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rock, \w as|strong="H2803"\w* hard \w as|strong="H2803"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lower millstone!   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* Leviathan rises \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mighty \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w terrified|strong="H2844"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* withdraw \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* thrashing.   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* sword \w that|strong="H7200"\w* reaches \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* effect, \w nor|strong="H1121"\w* does \w the|strong="H3605"\w* spear \w or|strong="H1121"\w* dart \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w arrow|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 27 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.   
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\v 28 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.   
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\v 29 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.   
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\v 30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* threshing sledge.   
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\v 31 He makes the depths seethe like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cauldron; he makes the sea like \w a|strong="H3068"\w* jar of ointment.   
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\v 32 He leaves \w a|strong="H3068"\w* glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!   
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\v 33 Nothing on earth is his equal—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* creature devoid of fear!   
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\v 34 He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Job \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* plan \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Yours \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w thwarted|strong="H1219"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* asked, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* conceals \w My|strong="H3045"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*?’ \w Surely|strong="H5046"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* spoke \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w understand|strong="H3045"\w*, \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* \w for|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*. \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H8085"\w* \w question|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w shall|strong="H3045"\w* \w inform|strong="H3045"\w* \w Me|strong="H4994"\w*.’   
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\v 5 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* ears \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w You|strong="H7200"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w You|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* \w myself|strong="H5162"\w*, \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w repent|strong="H5162"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w and|strong="H6083"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Eliphaz \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* wrath \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Me|strong="H1696"\w* accurately, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* rams, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deal|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* accurately \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Eliphaz \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w accepted|strong="H5375"\w* \w Job|strong="H6440"\w*’s prayer.   
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\v 10 \w After|strong="H7453"\w* Job \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* prosperity \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w doubled|strong="H3254"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* former possessions.   
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\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sisters \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prior|strong="H6440"\w* \w acquaintances|strong="H3045"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* dined \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w consoled|strong="H5110"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w adversity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w piece|strong="H7192"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w silver|strong="H7192"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w ring|strong="H5141"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* Job’s latter days \w more|strong="H1961"\w* \w than|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* owned 14,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, 6,000 \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, 1,000 \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* 1,000 female donkeys.   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w seven|strong="H7658"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* first daughter \w Jemimah|strong="H3224"\w*, \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w Keziah|strong="H7103"\w*, \w and|strong="H8034"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w Keren-happuch|strong="H7163"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w as|strong="H3303"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w as|strong="H3303"\w* \w Job|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* could \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* father \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* brothers.   
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\v 16 \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, Job \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* 140 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* fourth \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H4191"\w* Job \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*.